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Hubble

//ˈhʌbəl// name, noun

Definitions

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
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

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.

Etymology 3

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

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