hubble
— Noun
– English
~ United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
Hubble constant
— Noun
– English
~ (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 Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
hubble-bubble
— Noun
– English
~ an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
Hubble's constant
— Noun
– English
~ (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 Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
hubbly-bubbly
— Noun
– English
~ an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
hubbub
— Noun
– English
~ loud confused noise from many sources
hubby
— Noun
– English
~ a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
hubcap
— Noun
– English
~ cap that fits over the hub of a wheel