Hubble constant

English

Alternative forms

• Hubble's constant

Etymology

After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer

Proper noun

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.

Related terms

• Hubble law

Translations

number

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: зако́н на Хъ́бъл m (zakón na Hǎ́bǎl) Catalan: constant de Hubble m Chinese: Mandarin: 哈勃定律 (hābó dìnglǜ), 哈勃常數 / 哈勃常数 (hābó chángshù) Czech: Hubbleova konstanta Dutch: wet van Hubble Estonian: Hubble'i seadus Finnish: Hubblen vakio French: loi de Hubble German: Hubble-Konstante f Hebrew: קבוע האבל (kavúa Hábl) Hungarian: Hubble-törvény Ido: konstanto di Hubble Indonesian: hukum Hubble Italian: legge di Hubble Japanese: ハッブルの法則 (Habburu no hōsoku) Norwegian: Hubbles lov Polish: prawo Hubble'a n Portuguese: constante de Hubble f Russian: зако́н Ха́ббла m (zakón Xábbla) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: Hubbleov zakon Slovak: Hubblova konštanta Slovene: Hubblov zakon Spanish: ley de Hubble f Swedish: Hubbles lag