Meaning of HUB
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- [n] the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
- [n] the center of a city
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| | Synonyms: | | civic center, down town, municipal center |
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| | See Also: | | blower, car wheel, center, centre, city, electric fan, eye, heart, metropolis, middle, part, portion, propeller, propellor, urban center | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hub\, n. [See 1st {Hob}.]
1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the
nave. See Illust. of {Axle box}.
2. The hilt of a weapon. --Halliwell.
3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub
in the road. [U.S.] See {Hubby}.
4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for
impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
6. A screw hob. See {Hob}, 3.
7. A block for scotching a wheel.
{Hub plank} (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along
a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
{Up to the hub}, as far as possible in embarrassment or
difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire;
deeply involved. [Colloq.]
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| | Definition: | | (By analogy with the hub of a wheel) A device connected to several other devices. In ARCnet, a hub is used to connect several computers together. In a message handling service, a number of local computers might exchange messages solely with a hub computer. The hub would be responsible for exchanging messages with other hubs and non-local computers. |
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| | Related Terms: | | approach, arbor, asymptote, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, bottleneck, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chimney, chimney corner, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, core, crossing, dead center, distaff, epicenter, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, flue, focal point, focalization, focus, fulcrum, funnel, gimbal, gudgeon, heart, hearth, hearthstone, hinge, hingle, hob, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, kernel, mandrel, marrow, medulla, meeting, metacenter, middle, mutual approach, narrowing gap, nave, navel, nerve, nub, nucleus, oarlock, omphalos, pin, pintle, pith, pivot, pole, radiant, radius, rowlock, seat, smokehole, spindle, spokes, storm center, swivel, tangent, trunnion, umbilicus |
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