Hub

Definition: Hub

Hub

Noun

1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.

2. The center of a city.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Hub \Hub\, noun. [See 1st Hob.]. (references)

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Geography

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hub

Circularity

Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo.

Convexity

Boss, embossment, hub, hubble

Rotation

Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.

Crosswords: Hub

German (hoisting capacity, piston stroke, stroke, swing, throw, upstroke), Manx (hob ), Maya (to disturb).

Bi amr al hub (1965)

Yasalam al hub (1963)

Marhaba ayuhal hub (1962)

Nahr el hub (1961)

Assefa minal hub (1961)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Hub Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Hub International Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• T'Nt Telzey & Trigger: The Complete Federation of the Hub (reference)

• Wake Up Your Call Center: Humanizing Your Interaction Hub (3rd Edition) (reference)

• Saskatoon, Hub City of the West: An Illustrated History (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hub (reference)

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Music

• Hub Songs: The Music of Freddie Hubbard (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• FASTT700 MINI HUB (reference)

• Linksys Proconnect Compact USB 4 port Hub (reference)

• HP HUB / SWCH MGMT-FOR OV-UX MEDIA (reference)

• Surething CD Hub Labeler (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Chicago Die Cast 2122 1/2" Die-Cast Hub (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Relief effort transforms sleepy terminal to humanitarian hub.

Hub Perdue. Credit: Library of Congress.

Students, university faculty, Norman and Oklahoma city townspeople surge around cars which were to be the hub of Friday's demonstration--Center car had loud speaker unit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dining table in Navajo Lodge, Datil, New Mexico. The center of the table which is raised is mounted on an old wagon wheel hub and revolves with the food before those seated around the table. The wheel above the table in olden days supported a hanging lamp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mitchell Field. Business end of a bomber engine. The controllable pitch housing in the propeller hub assembly contains the mechanism that automatically adjusts the set of the three propellers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Blacksmith with wagon wheel hub and spokes. Depew, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Repair man perched upon propeller hub of airplane. Lake Muroc, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Replacing propeller hub of interceptor plane. Lake Muroc, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Assembling propeller blades to hub. Hamilton propeller plant, East Hartford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The collision with the mail wagon had broken two spokes and loosened the hub so that the nut no longer held

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

BTC uses the hub earth station of Transtel in South Africa. (references)

BTC pays Transtel for hub and Panamsat space segment usage. (references)

These are connected to a hub earth station outside Mozambique. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Nairobi continues to be the primary hub of East Africa. (references)

Panama

Panama is also becoming a hub for submarine fiber optic cables. (references)

Uae

UPS has a busy global hub and Lufthansa uses Sharjah as its Middle East hub. (references)

Political Economy

SINGAPORE

It also wants to make Singapore a key Asia-Pacific financial center and an info-communication hub. (references)

HONG KONG

The Trade Development Council, a quasi-governmental statutory organization, engages in export promotion activities and promotes Hong Kong as a hub for trade services. (references)

Azerbaijan

Located on the western shore of the Caspian on the Apsheron peninsula, the capital city of Baku is poised to become a regional transportation and communications hub for the Caucasus and Central Asia. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

Bahrain is the principal financial services' hub of the Middle East. (references)

Singapore

The PSA Corporation Limited operates the world's largest container transhipment hub in Singapore. (references)

Ghana

The project seeks to make Ghana a trade hub for penetration into the 250 million people West African regional market. (references)

Travel

Korea

For travel to and from the Kimpo airport, the Seoul subway line conveniently stops at this hub. (references)

Romania

All major cities of Romania have airline service nearby and are connected to the Bucharest hub. (references)

Senegal

Air Transportation: The Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is the hub of the sub-region. (references)

Worker Rights

Fiji

Nadi International Airport is a hub of travel in the Pacific, and an increasing number of Asian nationals without appropriate travel papers have been apprehended and deported. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "hub": dynamic hub ♦ hub and spoke system ♦ hub of rotation ♦ hub of the Universe ♦ Hub plank ♦ hub ratio ♦ hub station ♦ mail hub ♦ propeller hub ♦ rotor hub ♦ switching hub ♦ the hub ♦ the hub of the universe ♦ up to the hub ♦ wheel hub. Additional references.

Beginning with "hub": hub-and-spoke, hub-braked, hub-bub, hub-city.

Ending with "hub": Micro-hub.

Containing "hub": Elvis-as-hub-cap-thief.

Albanian

qendër (center, centre, ganglion, heart, heartland, navel, nucleus, pivot, radiant, unit), nyjë (article, articulation, bend, center, hinge, hitch, joint, knot, knuckle, knuckle joint, knurl, node, nodular, nodus), gllavinë (nave of a wheel), bucelë e rrotës. (various references)

Arabic 

‏محور العجلة (arbor, axle, axled), ‏محور (axis, center, centre, heart, pivot, shaft, spin, spindle, spun), ‏مدار (orb, orbit, path), ‏القب المحور. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съпруг (companion, consort, helpmate, husband, man, mate, partner, spouse), щампа еталон, център (center, centre, headquarters, hinge, kingpin, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pivot, pocket, seat), главина (nave), мъж (boomer, gent, gentleman, he, husband, male, man). (various references)

Chinese 

集線器 , 插孔 (hubs), 中轉站 . (various references)

Czech

osa dìní, náboj kola. (various references)

Danish

rørmuffe (bell, socket), muffe (bell, boot, bushing, collar, dog, muff, nipple, sleeve, sliding dog, socket). (various references)

Dutch

naaf (nave), bus (autobus, bus, can, drum, letterbox, mailbox, motorbus, nave, omnibus, tin, tin can). (various references)

Esperanto

nabo (nave), aksingo (nave). (various references)

Faeroese

hjarta (heart, nave). (various references)

Farsi 

مرکزفعالیت , مرکز (Centennial, Heart, Meddle, Seat, Station), قطب (Axis, Pole), توپی چرخ . (various references)

Finnish

pyörännapa, putkimuhvi (bell, socket), napa (nave, navel, pole), muhvi (muff), keskus (centre, focus). (various references)

French

moyeu. (various references)

German

Nabe (nave). (various references)

Greek 

κέντρο τροχού (nave), κεντρικό σημείο, άξων (axis, mandrel, mandril, pivot, shaft), αφαλόσ τροχού, διεύρυνση (amplification, broadening, dilatation, expansion, widening). (various references)

Hebrew 

חשור (nave, spoke). (various references)

Hungarian

kerékagy (axle-box, nave), középpont (center, centre, focuse, middle, midst, nuclei, nucleus). (various references)

Icelandic

hjólnöf (nave). (various references)

Italian

perno (axis, axle, gib, gudgeon, hinge, kingpin, mainstay, pin, pivot, spindle, stud, support, swivel), mozzo (shipboy, ship's boy), fulcro (fulcrum, pivot), centro di q.c., bicchiere (glass, goblet). (various references)

Korean 

허브 (hubs). (various references)

Manx

imleig (bell-button, navel), cree (boundary, bud, button, centre, core, crux, encouragement, ganglion, heart, hinge, hinge of story, pith). (various references)

Norwegian

nav. (various references)

Pig Latin

ubhay.(various references)

Portuguese

cubo (boss, nave, vent-peg). (various references)

Romanian

soţior (hubby), punct central (center, centre, pivot), cãpãţânã (head, knob, nob, noddle), butuc (block, butt, chump, log, lump, pap, snag, stock, stub, stump, vine), buştean (horse-block, log, lump, stub, stump, timber, trunk), bãrbãţel (hubby). (various references)

Russian 

ступица (boss, hob, nave), узел (bundle, fardel, hitch, joint, junction, kink, knar, knot, knur, knurl, node, nodes, pack, tie, tubercle, unit), муженек (hubby). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

središte (center, centre, middle, navel, omphalos), glavčina točka, čvor (bend, junction, knob, knot, nautical mile, node, nodus). (various references)

Spanish

manguito (muff, sleeve, union), eje (axis, axle, axletree, hinge, linchpin, pivot, shaft, spindle), cubo (block, bucket, bucketful, cube, nave, pail, pailful, tub), centro de actividad, casquillo (sabot, shell, spile, tip), carrete de rueda (nave). (various references)

Swedish

nav (hut, nave), hjulnav, centrum (center, centre, downtown, focus, metropolis, seat). (various references)

Thai

ดุมล้อ, จุดศูนย์กลาง (base, epicenter, navel). (various references)

Turkish

tekerlek göbeği, poyra, merkez (bosom, center, centre, centric, centrical, centrically, focal, head office, headquarters, navel, omphalos, station), en önemli yer. (various references)

Ukrainian

центр уваги, втулка (barrel, bung, collet, hob, liner, nave, spigot, spile, tap), маточина. (various references)

Vietnamese 

trục bánh xe (nave). (various references)

Welsh

bogail (boss, navel). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "hub": hubbies, hubbly, hubbub, hubbubs, hubby, hubcap, hubcaps, hubris, hubrises, hubristic, hubs. (additional references)

Words ending with "hub": chub. (additional references)

Words containing "hub": chubasco, chubascos, chubbier, chubbiest, chubbily, chubbiness, chubbinesses, chubby, chubs, rhubarb, rhubarbs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dhub, Dhubh, eub, hab, haib, Haub, havb, hb, hcb, Hcba, hcu, hdb, heb, heib, hepb, hgb, hiab, hib, Hiba, hibd, hoab, Hobb, honbl, houby, Hpu, Hruby, hu, hua, huab, hubb, hube, hubf, hubi, huc, huf, hui, Huibo, huj, huk, humb, huo, hup, hur, husby, Huu, Huub, huv, hux, huy, huz, hwu, khutba, nhu, Phab, rhub, Uhh, uhl, uhv, zub. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: uh.

+1 letter: bhut, buhl, buhr, bush, chub, habu, hubs.

+2 letters: bhuts, blush, bough, brugh, brush, buhls, buhrs, bumph, bunch, burgh, bushy, butch, chubs, habus, hubby, rhumb, shrub, subah, thumb.

+3 letters: ablush, ambush, bluish, bohunk, boughs, bought, brughs, brunch, brushy, bugsha, bumphs, bunchy, buqsha, burghs, bushed, bushel, busher, bushes, bushwa, chabuk, cherub, chubby, hagbut, hubbly, hubbub, hubcap, hubris, humble, humbly, humbug, jubbah, jubhah, rhumba, rhumbs, shrubs, subahs, thumbs.