HUBBLE'S LAW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Hubble's law; Hubble law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Hubble's 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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