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galaxy peculiar velocity comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
velocity	quantity	The speed and the direction of an object's motion.
galaxy peculiar velocity	velocity	A deviation in the velocity of a galaxy from that expected on the basis of a uniform expansion of the universe. (See Hubble law.)

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