EXPANDING UNIVERSE


Meaning of EXPANDING UNIVERSE in English

Astron.

a representation of the universe, based on the observed redshifts of distant galaxies, in which the galaxies are assumed to be receding from each other at a speed proportional to their separation as a result of the expansion of the universe. Cf. Hubble's constant, cosmological redshift .

[ 1930-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .