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Meaning of Hubble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhʌbəl

Definitions

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from the Norman French given name Hubald.
  2. The astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
  3. A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope.
  4. An uproar.
  5. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States.
  6. The Hubble Space Telescope.
  7. A heap, as of work.
  8. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
  9. A lump.
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Equivalents

العربية هبل

Examples

“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.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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