hub
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /hʌb/
hub (plural hubs)
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
- Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub
- (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- a hub in the road
- (video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.
- 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)
- In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.
- 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- (video games) hub world
- French: moyeu
- German: Nabe, Radnabe
- Italian: mozzo
- Portuguese: cubo de roda
- Russian: втулка
- Spanish: buje, maza
- French: carrefour, pôle
- German: Drehkreuz, Drehscheibe, Knotenpunkt, Zentrum
- Italian: incrocio, punto di snodo
- Portuguese: cruzamento, entroncamento
- Spanish: (highways) distribuidor vial, (for planes, trains) nudo, centro, (transfer) punto de transbordo
- French: concentrateur, commutateur
- German: Hub, Netzknoten
- Italian: concentratore
- Portuguese: hub
- Russian: хаб
- Spanish: concentrador, multiplexor
- French: cale
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