"Hubble volume" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Hubble volumes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hubble volume (plural Hubble volumes)
  1. (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 Related terms: cosmological horizon, Hubble limit Translations (the spherical region of the observable universe surrounding an observer): Hubble-sugár (Hungarian)

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