hubble

¹ American  

[huhb-uhl] / ˈhʌb əl /

noun

1. a small hump, as on the surface of ice or a road.

2. Scot. and North England.

   1. a heap; pile.

   2. a tumult; hubbub; uproar.

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Hubble ² American  

[huhb-uhl] / ˈhʌb əl /

noun

1. Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.

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Hubble British  

/ ˈhʌbəl /

noun

1. Edwin Powell. 1889–1953, US astronomer, noted for his investigations of nebulae and the recession of the galaxies

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Hubble Scientific  

/ hŭb′əl /

1. American astronomer who demonstrated that there are galaxies beyond our own and that they are receding from ours, providing strong evidence that the universe is expanding. Hubble also established the first measurements for the age and radius of the known universe, and his methods for determining them remain in use today.

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Etymology

Origin of hubble

Perhaps < early Dutch hobbel knot, bump; akin to heuvel hill

Example Sentences

Images from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed an unusual galaxy at the location of the burst.

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In a remarkable stroke of luck, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed a comet in the middle of breaking apart.

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They had submitted multiple proposals to observe such an event with Hubble, but timing these observations has proven extremely difficult, and previous attempts had not succeeded.

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While Hubble clearly resolved these pieces, ground-based telescopes could only detect them as faint, barely separated points of light.

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Researchers estimate the breakup started around eight days before Hubble captured it.

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