HyperDic: hubble[s_law

English > 1 sense of the expression *Hubble's law*:
NOUN	cognition	Hubble's law, Hubble law	(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer

English > *Hubble's law*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer.
Synonym	Hubble law
Category	astronomy, uranology	The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
Broader	law, law of nature	A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Catalan	Constant de Hubble