hubble law

1. 1.

   (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer

   SynonymsHubble's law

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Questions about hubble law

What does hubble law mean?

hubble law means "(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer".

What is another word for hubble law?

Close synonyms include Hubble's law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hubble law a common word?

hubble law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.