Hubble

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.

Proper noun

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
    • 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...
  2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

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

Forms

Hubbles

Proper noun astronomy, natural sciences

  1. The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  2. The Hubble Space Telescope.

Origin

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

Noun

  1. A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.

Forms

Hubbles

Related

Hubbel Hubbell

Derived

HST Hubble constant Hubble diagram Hubble expansion Hubble flow Hubble horizon Hubble law Hubble length Hubble parameter Hubble radius Hubble-Sandage variable Hubble's constant Hubble's law Hubble sphere Hubble's Star Hubble's Variable Hubble's Variable Nebula Hubble tension Hubble time Hubble volume stubby Hubble