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hubward

hubward adverb: towards the center (of a rotating spaceship or space station).

Adverb

hubward (comparative more hubward, superlative most hubward)

  1. Towards the center (of a rotating spaceship or space station).
    • At 1700 station time, he headed hubward to where Captain Arran Syke, formerly captain of Mother Ramona's private guard, now head of Crossways Militia, had his office.2017 October, Jacey Bedford, Nimbus: A Psi-Tech Novel, New York: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of hubward

comparativemore hubward
superlativemost hubward

Origin of hubward

From hub (“the central part of a wheel”) + -ward.

Questions about hubward

What does hubward mean?
Hubward means towards the center (of a rotating spaceship or space station).
What part of speech is hubward?
Hubward is an adverb.

Words near hubward in the dictionary

  1. hubshis
  2. hubster
  3. hubsters
  4. hubub
  5. hubus
  6. hubward
  7. huc
  8. Huccaby
  9. Hucclecote
  10. huchen
  11. huchens

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