"Hubble length" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Hubble lengths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hubble length (plural Hubble lengths)
  1. A unit of distance in cosmology, defined as the speed of light multiplied by the Hubble time, and equivalent to 4,550 million parsecs or 14.4 billion light years. Synonyms: Hubble distance
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