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• hubble
  hubble

  noun

  a small hump, as on the surface of ice or a road.
• Hubble
  Hubble

  noun

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

hubble

¹ American  

[huhb-uhl] / ˈhʌb əl /

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.

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Hubble ² American  

[huhb-uhl] / ˈhʌb əl /

noun

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

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Hubble British  

/ ˈhʌbəl /

noun

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

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Hubble Scientific  

/ 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.

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Etymology

Origin of hubble

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

Example Sentences

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But – hubble bubble, toil and trouble – is that quite enough?

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2011

"Sensible woman, that," chuckled old Harry; "you may buy the same things for half the money in Water-street, besides hubble hubbles made in Hamburgh."

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

At the mention of the word police the hubble died down a little.

From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank

To fire hubble de shuff, to fire quick and irregularly.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

There's a hubble of the mothaship, whirlagig and widdershins around our rock.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory

Joined together these UK telescopes can zoom into objects in deep space and see them in incredible detail - with similar resolution to the Hubble space telescope.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

We can observe galaxies beyond the Hubble distance because the light reaching us today was emitted long ago, when those galaxies were much closer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

The University of Warwick team used the Hubble Space Telescope to pinpoint the small, dim stars orbiting in double systems within 65 light years of Earth.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

A spectacular new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope offers a front row view of one of the universe's busiest stellar nurseries.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Almost the only thing constant about the Hubble constant has been the amount of disagreement over what value to give it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson