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Hubble's constant

Syllabification: (Hub·ble's con·stant)
Astronomy
Definition of Hubble's constant
  • the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer. The reciprocal of the constant is called Hubble time and represents the length of time for which the universe has been expanding, and hence the age of the universe.

Hubble's constant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Hubble's constant in the British & World English dictionary