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Hubble’s law

Hub·ble's law


noun 
Definition:
 
scientific law of galaxy speed: the law holding that the speed at which distant galaxies are moving away from Earth is proportional to their distance from the observer

[Mid-20th century. After Edwin Hubble]
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