Hubble classification

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noun

a method of classifying galaxies depending on whether they are elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, or irregular

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Word Origin for Hubble classification

C20: named after Edwin Powell Hubble

Words nearby Hubble classification

Hubbard, Hubbard squash, Hubbell, hubble, hubble-bubble, Hubble classification, Hubble classification system, Hubble constant, Hubble, Edwin, Hubble's constant, Hubble's law

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How to use Hubble classification in a sentence

The size and shape of Laniakea depend on the rate of cosmic expansion, which is described by the Hubble parameter.
Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Williams did it with me several times, for instance when I mentioned the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Stacks: Robin Williams, More Than A Shtick Figure|Joe Morgenstern|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet much of the best new music defies genre classification; great artists take chances and cross boundaries.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV|Ted Gioia|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, Wallace said that no one at the meeting involving Fearey, which he also attended, raised classification concerns.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“The classification system, of course, is not supposed to be used for political purposes,” Bunn said.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In addition to the tolls and charges, the Acts usually contained a rough classification of goods to which they applied.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
When the child entered the workhouse it passed out of its former classification and entered into an entirely different one.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
By 1860 it "had given instructions that every new workhouse should be so constructed as to allow of the requisite classification."
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
In some later writers on music we find this classification reduced to a more regular form, and clothed in technical language.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro