Hubble

//ˈhʌbəl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.
  2. 2
    An uproar. Scotland
  3. 3
    A heap, as of work.
  4. 4
    A lump. US
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald. countable

    "Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth."

  2. 2
    The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The Hubble Space Telescope.
  5. 5
    A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
edwin powell hubble

Example

More examples

"Voyager 2 produced images showing the Great Dark Spot, a storm on Neptune, as it approached the planet in 1989. By the time the Hubble Space Telescope photographed Neptune in 1994, the spot had disappeared."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

Related phrases

Hubble constantHubble diagramHubble expansionHubble flowHubble horizonHubble lawHubble lengthHubble parameterHubble radiusHubble sphereHubble tensionHubble time

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