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hub

N จุดศูนย์กลาง  จุดรวม (ความสนใจ  jud-sun-klang

 

hub

N ดุม ล้อ  dum-lor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUB

[See Hob. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUB

Hub, n. Etym: [See 1st Hob. ]

 

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

 

2. The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.

 

3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

 

4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc. , are cast.

 

5. (Diesinking )

 

Defn: A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

 

6. A screw hob. See Hob,

 

3.

 

7. A block for scotching a wheel. Hub plank (Highway Bridges ), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub. -- Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hub

hub |həb həb | noun the central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and from which the spokes radiate. a place or thing that forms the effective center of an activity, region, or network: the kitchen was the hub of family life. PHRASES hub-and-spoke denoting a system of air transportation in which local airports offer flights to a central airport where international or long-distance flights are available. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting a shelf at the side of a fireplace used for heating pans ): of unknown origin (compare with hob 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

hub

hub |hʌb | noun 1 the central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and from which the spokes radiate. 2 the effective centre of an activity, region, or network: the kitchen was the hub of family life. PHRASES hub-and-spoke denoting a system of air transportation in which local airports offer flights to a central airport where international or long-distance flights are available. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting a shelf at the side of a fireplace used for heating pans ): of unknown origin (compare with hob 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hub

hub noun 1 the hub of the wheel: pivot, axis, fulcrum, center, middle. 2 the hub of family life: center, core, heart, middle, focus, focal point, central point, nucleus, kernel, nerve center, polestar. ANTONYMS periphery.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hub

hub noun 1 the spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel: pivot, axis, fulcrum, centre, centre point. 2 the kitchen was the hub of family life: centre, centre of activity, core, heart, focus, focal point, middle, nucleus, kernel, nerve centre. ANTONYMS periphery.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hub

Hub Substantiv, maskulin Technik , der |H u b |der Hub; Genitiv: des Hub [e ]s, Hübe zu heben 1 das Heben von unten nach oben der Hub von Lasten 2 Weg, den der Kolben im Zylinder von Kolbenmaschinen bei einem Hin- und Hergang zurücklegt

 

Hub

Hub Substantiv, maskulin , der |hab |der Hub; Genitiv: des Hubs, Plural: die Hubs englisch hub = Mittelpunkt 1 zentraler Umschlagplatz, Knotenpunkt (besonders des internationalen Luftverkehrs )2 EDV zentrales Teil oder Gerät, das eine Verbindung herstellt, das als Knotenpunkt dient

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hub

hub /hʌb /名詞 C 1 (車輪の )ハブ, こしき (nave ) 〘中心部; bicycle .2 (活動 生活 問題などの )中心, 中核, 中枢 the hub of the universe 宇宙の中心 3 〘コンピュ 〙(ネットワークの )ハブ, 集線装置 .4 ハブ [拠点 ]空港 (hub airport ).5 ⦅米 ⦆the H- 〗ハブ 〘米国ボストン市の愛称 〙.