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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hub 
[huhb] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, hubbed, hub·bing.
[huhb] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, hubbed, hub·bing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted. |
| 2. | the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | the Hub, Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname). |
| 5. | the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games. |
| 6. | any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged. |
| 7. | Coining. a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die. |
| 8. | Surveying. a stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position. |
| 9. | Metalworking. a die forced into a metal blank. |
| 10. | Metalworking. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub. |
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hub
(hŭb) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Probably alteration of hob1.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| Hub
(hŭb) Pronunciation Key
n. Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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hub
1511, perhaps from hubbe, originally "lump," the source of hob of a fireplace and hobnail, as in boots. A wheelwright's word, not generally known or used until c.1828; it reached wider currency in connection with bicycles. Meaning "center of interest or activity or importance" first recorded 1858 in writings of Oliver W. Holmes.
"Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system." [O.W. Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"]Hub cap first recorded 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| hub | |
noun | |
| 1. | the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes |
| 2. | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
hub networking
(By analogy with the hub of a wheel) A device connected to several other devices.
In ARCnet, a hub is used to connect several computers together. In a message handling service, a number of local computers might exchange messages solely with a hub computer. The hub would be responsible for exchanging messages with other hubs and non-local computers.
(1995-01-16)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hub
Hub\, n. [See 1st Hob.]1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box. 2. The hilt of a weapon. --Halliwell. 3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby. 4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast. 5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc. 6. A screw hob. See Hob, 3. 7. A block for scotching a wheel. Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub. Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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