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Hubble's law

NOUN
  1. (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.
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