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    HUBBLE LAW

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Hubble's law; Hubble law

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Hubble law" is a kind of...):

    law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

    Domain category:

    astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

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