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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

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

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

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

From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank

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

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory

"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)

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

This image from Nasa's Hubble telescope shows star formation.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

For more than 30 years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has transformed our understanding of the universe through discoveries like this.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

A brilliant field of red, white, and blue stars sparkles across a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, resembling a sparkler glowing against the night sky.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

In the 1920s that all changed, thanks to an American astronomer named Edwin Hubble.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife