Hubble
noun
1.
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance (1889-1953)
Origin
From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.
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