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HUBBLE LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 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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