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stubby hubble

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
stub-by hub-ble
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.

American usage; Informal

noun

A satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size class, and wider field-of-view.

Etymology

stubby + Hubble. From being a telescope similar to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with a shortened tube (ie. a stub). The HST itself is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stubby Hubbles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Hubble

Questions

What does stubby hubble mean?
A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Where does stubby hubble come from?
stubby + Hubble. From being a telescope similar to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with a shortened tube (ie. a stub). The HST itself is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.

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