Hubble constant

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Etymology

After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer

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Hubble constant

  1. (astronomy) A number that expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal determines the age of the universe.

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