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hub
[ huhb ]
noun
- the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
- a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate; a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.:
Chicago is a railroad hub.
Synonyms: , ,
- the Hub, Boston, Massachusetts (used as a nickname).
- the peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.
- any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.
- Computers. a device connecting others in a network and enabling communication among them by receiving data packets from any of the devices and broadcasting them to every device on the network irrespective of the intended destination: used primarily in small local area networks. Compare switch ( def 6a ).
- Coining. a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die.
- Surveying. a stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position.
- Metalworking. a die forced into a metal blank.
verb (used with object)
- Metalworking. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.
hub
/ ʌ /
noun
- the central portion of a wheel, propeller, fan, etc, through which the axle passes
- the focal point
- computing a device for connecting computers in a network
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hub1
Example Sentences
At the Heath Business Park - a hub for businesses that also has community facilities - Catherine Chadwick is at a weekly get-together for the over-50s.
This spirit of loss prevails throughout each of these tautly rendered final episodes in which Cassian becomes the unsung hub around which the revolution spins.
A free-to-use sauna in Kent has become a "real community hub" due to its accessibility, its manager has said.
Six drop-in sessions focusing on mental health are also being held at Whitehaven's Senhouse Centre this month and next ahead of the opening of the Hope Haven hub on King Street.
After years of deliberations, it was Harlow that was announced as the home for a new national integrated hub for public health science in 2015.
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