Hub|ble's constant

Hub|ble's constant
Hub|ble's constant «HUHB uhlz»,
an astronomical measure used in calculating the velocity at which galaxies recede according to Hubble's law.
[< Edwin P. Hubble, 1889-1953, an American astronomer, who formulated the law]

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