hub
See also: Hub
English
Etymology
From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
hub (plural hubs)
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
- Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
- (computing) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- a hub in the road
- (video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.
- 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)
- In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.
- 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (video games): hub world
Translations
central part of a wheel
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point where many routes meet
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computer networking device
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stake with a nail in it
male weasel
rough protuberance
goal or mark
hardened, engraved steel punch
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screw hob
block for scotching a wheel
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Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
hub f
Noun
hub f
Verb
Italian
Etymology
Noun
hub m (uncountable)
- hub (transport, computing)
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
hub m (plural s)
- (networking) hub (device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices such as they act as a single network segment)
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
hub m (plural hubs)
White Hmong
Pronunciation
Noun
hub
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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