hub
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3.5
- noun
- /hʌb/
- Specialized
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cubo
- The wheel's hub allows the axle to turn smoothly while the wheel rotates.
- wheel hub
- upper hub
- lower hub
Unplug the fan hub and disconnect the the fans from it, obviously.
- Unplug the fan hub and disconnect the the fans from it, obviously.
- Not in welding frames, not in putting on handlebars, not in making bicycle seats, but in making hubs and crank sets.
- And today we have wheel hub motors coming from a German company that could revolutionize electric vehicles.
- And they'll have spindles off that hub which protect themselves from, from bollocks, suppose.
Examples
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Streets fanned out from a circular hub like spokes overlapping other spokes in a giant puzzle.
Fiction book (1992) -
The main activity should be towards the central hub, which is directly above you.
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It's got a rather strange little pentagonal hub with a hole through it.
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This is the hub of the wheel, the headquarters, the main office... of the Rabbit's Foot, pretty much unchanged from when Lucky was here.
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It's like the hub of a wheel with the crops radiating out.
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The bike's wheel has a sturdy hub that supports the spokes and maintains its shape.
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In mechanical engineering, the hub is crucial for connecting various components to the central shaft.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.2
A transport system where local routes meet at a central place, like an airport, for long trips
- Specialized
1
5.8
A way of moving people where local flights connect at one main airport for long flights
- Texting
A central website or app where popular online content spreads quickly
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hub originally named the small central 'knob' where a wheel's spokes meet. That's why a hub is the middle part of a wheel, fan, or propeller through which the shaft passes.