Hubble

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌbəl/

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• Rhymes: -ʌbəl

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

Hubble (countable and uncountable, plural Hubbles)

1. (countable) An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
   • 2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth.

2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

Hubble

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

Hubble (plural Hubbles)

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