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hub
[ huhb ]
noun
- the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
- a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate; a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.:
Chicago is a railroad hub.
- the Hub, Boston, Massachusetts (used as a nickname).
- the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.
- any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.
- Computers. a device connecting others in a network and enabling communication among them by receiving data packets from any of the devices and broadcasting them to every device on the network irrespective of the intended destination: used primarily in small local area networks. Compare switch ( def 6a ).
- Coining. a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die.
- Surveying. a stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position.
- Metalworking. a die forced into a metal blank.
verb (used with object)
- Metalworking. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.
hub
/ hʌb /
noun
- the central portion of a wheel, propeller, fan, etc, through which the axle passes
- the focal point
- computing a device for connecting computers in a network
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Origin of hub1
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Example Sentences
Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.
Thousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents.
It was in Guangzhou, a southeastern trade hub in China with the largest African community in Asia.
We wanted to create a dedicated hub where people can dive into it and get all this commentary on the news.
With its industrial base eroding, Chicago is no longer a strategic hub for any key industry.
At last Malcolm stood in the shelter-trench of the picket and gazed at the city which was the hub of the Mutiny.
Ordinarily the use of eight blades makes it difficult to construct a hub of sufficient strength to carry them.
This size rod was procured and bent to form a crank, the bearing end being threaded for a distance equal to the length of the hub.
This piece of oakum is forced to the bottom of the hub, then another piece is put in.
A wad of oakum is taken and forced into the hub with the yarning iron.
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