English Explanatory Dictionary

Hubble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
name
  1. The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  2. The Hubble Space Telescope.
noun
  1. A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.
noun
  1. An uproar.
  2. A heap, as of work.
  3. A lump.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hubble.wav

Word forms

Hubble Hubbles

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

Related words

Hubbel Hubbell

Derived words

HST Hubble constant Hubble diagram Hubble expansion Hubble flow Hubble horizon Hubble law Hubble length Hubble parameter Hubble radius Hubble-Sandage variable Hubble's constant Hubble's law Hubble sphere Hubble's Star Hubble's Variable Hubble's Variable Nebula Hubble tension Hubble time Hubble volume stubby Hubble hubble-bubble hubbly
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