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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, Mass. (used as a nickname).

the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.

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any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.

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.

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verb (used with object)

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Metalworking. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.

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Origin:
1505–15; perhaps variant of hob¹

Synonyms
3. core, pivot, heart.

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Rabelais, an all-food bookstore, serves as a hub for food-related gossip and jobs.

Malaysia is trying to position itself as an education hub in the developing world.

London wants to become a hub for trading in the yuan.

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Rabelais, an all-food bookstore, serves as a hub for food-related gossip and jobs.

Malaysia is trying to position itself as an education hub in the developing world.

London wants to become a hub for trading in the yuan.

Hub dynamos are tiny electric generators, hidden in the wheel's hub, that produce a steady current while you ride.

The design features three rotor blades wrapped around a conical hub to create a kind of helix.

Inventive storage and colorful, contemporary cabinetry bring energy and playfulness to the hub of a young family's home.

Other solutions tend towards the complicated, with magnets or hub dynamos providing the juice.

The space is branded somehow so that users know that this is the research help hub.

Dubai's entrepreneurial hub is awash in a sea of red ink.

It was also a sophisticated urban center and hub of regional trade.

The suburbs and exurbs are connected via a pretty efficient train hub.

The heart of the setup is still the sensor integrated into the rear hub.

The emerging world, by contrast, will be a whirling hub of dynamism and creativity.

Taking care of kids gives the brain's prefrontal cortex--the hub of decision-making and task-switching--a tough workout.

Additionally awesome is a wheel hub that lets you switch from single speed to fixie mode.

Most of this weight is from the steel construction of the tower and hub.

Weight and bulk aren't too bad for a bike with an internal gear hub.

The unveiling of an elaborate new model of the revised design of ground zero's transportation hub was heart wrenching.

But the nation's hub is being strangled by pollution and relentless development.

Once home to silent-movie stars, then a hub for modernist.

Hub takes the number to an adversary's computer, and fishes for information, which he locates in a trice.

Flights out of those airports are more expensive than flights out of hub cities.

New aircraft technology is also forcing hub airlines to change, both posing extra challenges and offering potential solutions.

Then it rappels down from the hub and stretches a spoke to the bottom of the web, keeping the whole thing under tension.

Become a hub by connecting with and providing needed resources for a hub.

Within a few years, your car may become a hub of interconnected devices, media and online services.

The bike's only proprietary parts are its frame and spring-loaded rear hub.

Find an old beat-up road bike, buy a new hub and throw away all extraneous hardware.

For a short while the two emirates were the hub of the contemporary art world.

Online video hub bliptv has created a workaround to bring more online.

Austin is now a cultural and technological hub as well.

Third, it has an unusually independent foreign policy, which has turned the emirate into a diplomatic hub.

Singapore is well on its way to becoming a regional hub.

The sheer bulk of the latest ships is also concentrating traffic in big hub ports.

Chelsea is the city's commercial hub for contemporary art and a savvy one.

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hub (hʌb)

—n
1.	the central portion of a wheel, propeller, fan, etc, through which the axle passes
2.	the focal point
3.	computing a device for connecting computers in a network

[C17: probably variant of hob¹]

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Word Origin & History

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

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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.

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hub definition

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)

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