Hubble

See also: hubble

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌbəl

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

Proper noun

Hubble (countable and uncountable, plural Hubbles)

  1. (countable) An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology 2

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

Proper noun

Hubble

  1. (astronomy) The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  2. (astronomy, space flight) The Hubble Space Telescope.

Noun

Hubble (plural Hubbles)

  1. (space flight, optics) A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.

Derived terms

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