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noun 
  1. (astronomy) a number the expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal gives the age of the universe
Translations: 
  • Dutch: wet van Hubble
  • French: loi de Hubble
  • German: Hubble-Konstante
  • Italian: legge di Hubble
  • Spanish: ley de Hubble
Etymology: After w:Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer


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