hubble

¹

[ huhb-uhl ]

noun

1. a small hump, as on the surface of ice or a road.
2. Scot. and North England.
   1. a heap; pile.
   2. a tumult; hubbub; uproar.

Hubble

²

[ huhb-uhl ]

noun

1. Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.

Hubble

/ ˈhʌbəl /

noun

1. HubbleEdwin Powell18891953MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Edwin Powell. 1889–1953, US astronomer, noted for his investigations of nebulae and the recession of the galaxies

Hubble

/ hŭb′əl /

1. American astronomer who demonstrated that there are galaxies beyond our own and that they are receding from ours, providing strong evidence that the universe is expanding. Hubble also established the first measurements for the age and radius of the known universe, and his methods for determining them remain in use today.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hubble¹

Perhaps < early Dutch hobbel knot, bump; akin to heuvel hill

Example Sentences

The size and shape of Laniakea depend on the rate of cosmic expansion, which is described by the Hubble parameter.

From The Daily Beast

Williams did it with me several times, for instance when I mentioned the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Two teenage brothers apparently lit a campfire, smoked a nargillah—a hubble-bubble—and went home.

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Allard K. Lowenstein was so far to the left of WFB that WFB wouldn't have been able to find him with the Hubble telescope.

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Edward Hubble, the greatest astronomer of the 20th century, who discovered the expanding universe, he was inspired by Jules Verne.

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The women are in the habit of enjoying the hubble-bubble, in groups, in a similar manner.

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This moral mystery seemed too much for the company until Mr. Hubble tersely solved it by saying, "Naterally wicious."

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Mr. Pumblechook and Mr. Hubble declined, on the plea of a pipe and ladies' society; but Mr. Wopsle said he would go, if Joe would.

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I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner.

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This woman's name, according to the history of the church kept by John Whitmer, was Hubble.

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