Dictionary Definition
hub
Noun
1 the central part of a car wheel (or fan or
propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
2 a center of activity or interest or commerce or
transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the
playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the
economic hub of the area"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌb
Etymology
Perhaps from hubbe.Noun
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted
- Hongkong airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
- a computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch.
- A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
Translations
The central part of a wheel
- German: Nabe, Radnabe
A point where many routes meet
- German: Drehkreuz, Drehscheibe, Zentrum
a computer networking device
- German: Hub, Netzknoten
A stake with a nail in it
Extensive Definition
Hub generally means 'center', and may refer to:
Technical meanings
- Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel
- Locking hubs, accessory on four-wheel drive vehicles
- Node
(networking) in a computer network
- Network hub, computer networking device
- USB hub, allows many USB devices to be connected to a single USB port
- Direct Connect hubs, central servers to which clients connect
- Transportation hub, where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport
- Airline hub, airport that serves as the base of operations for an airline
Places
- Carter Notch Hut, New Hampshire, USA
- Hetzel Union Building, a building on the campus of Penn State University
- Hub River, in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub
Tehsil, in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hub, Balochistan, city in Hub Tehsil
- Hub Dam, in Balochistan
- Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary, in Balochistan
- Hub
City, the nickname of several cities, including:
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Compton, California, United States
- Crestview, Florida, United States
- Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
- Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Mount Pleasant, Utah, United States
- Rochelle, Illinois, United States
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
- Hunmanby railway station, England; National Rail station code HUB.
Organizations
- Hub International, North American insurance brokerage listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- Help Us Build, non-profit organization in Newfoundland, Canada, for the integration of the physical disabled into society
- Harvard University Band
- European University College Brussels, previously known as Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
- Hubs, the name of the sports teams of Rochelle (Illinois) Township High School
See also
hub in Catalan: Hub
hub in German: Hub
hub in Modern Greek (1453-): HUB
hub in Spanish: Hub
hub in French: Hub
hub in Italian: HUB
hub in Hungarian: Hub
hub in Dutch: Hub
hub in Japanese: ハブ
hub in Polish: Hub
hub in Portuguese: Hub
hub in Russian: Хаб
hub in Slovak: Rozbočovač
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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