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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's law
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Hubble law
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the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer
hookah
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narghile
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nargileh
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sheesha
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shisha
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chicha
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calean
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kalian
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water pipe
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hubble-bubble
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hubbly-bubbly
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an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
