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Hubble constant

 
WordNet: Hubble constant
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (cosmology) 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 Hubble constant is the age of the universe
  Synonym: Hubble's constant


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