- hub|ble
- hub|ble «HUHB uhl», noun.a small hump.╂[perhaps back formation < earlier hubbly rough, variant of dialectal English hobbly < hobble move unsteadily up and down]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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hub|ble-bub|ble — «HUHB uhl BUHB uhl», noun. 1. = hookah. (Cf. ↑hookah) 2. a bubbling sound. 3. confused talk. ╂[imitative formation < bubble] … Useful english dictionary
Hub|ble's constant — «HUHB uhlz», an astronomical measure used in calculating the velocity at which galaxies recede according to Hubble s law. ╂[< Edwin P. Hubble, 1889 1953, an American astronomer, who formulated the law] … Useful english dictionary
hub — hub·bard; hub·bell·ite; hub·ber; hub·bite; hub·ble; hub·ble·shew; hub·bly; hub·bub; hub·bu·boo; hub·by; hub; hub·ba·boo; hub·ble·show; … English syllables
ble — ab·di·ca·ble; abom·i·na·ble; abus·a·ble; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·com·mo·da·ble; ac·cost·a·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cus·a·ble; ace·to·sol·u·ble; achie·va·ble; acid·i·fi·a·ble; ac·knowl·edge·a·ble; act·a·ble; ac·ti·va·ble; ac·tu·al·iz·a·ble; add·a·ble;… … English syllables
hubble — hub·ble … English syllables
Hubble,Edwin Powell — Hub·ble (hŭbʹəl), Edwin Powell. 1889 1953. American astronomer who discovered (1929) that the velocities of nebulae increase with distance. * * * … Universalium
Hubble'sconstant — Hub·ble s constant (hŭbʹəlz) n. A ratio expressing the rate of apparent expansion of the universe, equal to the velocity at which a typical galaxy is receding from Earth divided by its distance from Earth. [After Hubble, Edwin Powell.] * * * … Universalium
hubble-bubble — hub′ble bub ble n. 1) hookah 2) an uproar; turmoil • Etymology: 1625–35; rhyming compound based on bubble … From formal English to slang
Hubble — Hub|ble auch: Hubb|le 〈[hʌ̣bl] ohne Artikel; kurz für engl.〉 Hubble Space Telescope, ein Weltraumteleskop der NASA, das in einer Höhe von 600 km über der Erde kreist und u. a. Bilder u. technische Daten übermittelt ● Hubble hat ein großes… … Universal-Lexikon
Hubble Telescope — Hub|ble Tel|e|scope, the a very powerful ↑telescope (=a piece of equipment for making distant objects look larger and closer) which is attached to a ↑satellite in space, going around the Earth, and can see much further into space than telescopes… … Dictionary of contemporary English
