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Hubble


Definition: Meaning of, Hubble in English to English dictionary.

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  1. 1889-1953 as the universe expands united States astronomer who discovered that the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer
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    Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble
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  • Edwin Hubble (noun)
    1. 1889-1953 as the universe expands united States astronomer who discovered that the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer
  • Edwin Powell Hubble (noun)
    1. 1889-1953 as the universe expands united States astronomer who discovered that the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer
  • Hubble Telescope, the
    1. a very powerful TELESCOPE (= a piece of equipment for making distant objects look larger and closer) which is attached to a SATELLITE in space, going around the Earth, and can see much further into space than TELESCOPEs on Earth
  • Hubble constant (noun)
    1. due to the expansion of the universe cosmology the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
  • Hubble law (noun)
    1. the red shift astronomy the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies is proportional to their distance from the observer
  • Hubble parameter (noun)
    1. due to the expansion of the universe cosmology the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
  • Hubble's constant (noun)
    1. due to the expansion of the universe cosmology the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
  • Hubble's law (noun)
    1. the red shift astronomy the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies is proportional to their distance from the observer
  • Hubble's parameter (noun)
    1. due to the expansion of the universe cosmology the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
  • hubble-bubble (noun)
    1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
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