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Hubble volume
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Noun
Hubble volume (plural Hubble volumes)
- (cosmology) the spherical region of the observable universe surrounding an observer beyond which objects recede from that observer at a rate greater than the speed of light due to the expansion of the Universe.
Synonyms
- Hubble sphere
- subluminal sphere
- causal sphere
- sphere of causality
See also
- cosmological horizon
- Hubble limit
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