Hubble law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A law stating that the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth (as measured by its redshift) is proportional to its distance; observational evidence for an expanding universe.

Word forms

Hubble law the Hubble law Hubble's law

Etymology

After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer

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