Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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constant | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hubble's parameter | Yes | No | No | No |
constant (noun) | Hubble's parameter (noun) |
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a quantity that does not vary | (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 |
a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context |
constant (adjective) | Hubble's parameter (adjective) |
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steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection | |
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | |
unvarying in nature |