HUBBLE CONSTANT


Meaning of HUBBLE CONSTANT in English

¦həbəl- noun

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: after Edwin P. Hubble died 1953 American astronomer

: a proportionality constant indicative of the rate of expansion of the universe that is used in relating the apparent velocity of recession of a distant galaxy and its distance

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