Hubble
proper nounproper nounnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈhʌbəl//
An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
proper noun
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An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
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.
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An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
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A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.
proper noun
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The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
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The Hubble Space Telescope.
Etymology
After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.
noun
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A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.
Forms
- plural
- Hubbles
Hubble · An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
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