NOUN
- (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer
How To Use Hubble's law In A Sentence
- The expansion of the Universe is described by a very simple equation called Hubble's law; the velocity of the recession of a galaxy is equal to a constant times its distance.
- Does this prediction of faster - than - light galaxies mean that Hubble's law is wrong?
- Notice that, according to Hubble's law, the universe does not expand at a single speed.