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stubby Hubble

stubby Hubble noun: a spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Noun

stubby Hubble (plural stubby Hubbles)

  1. (US, informal) A spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  2. (broadly) A satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size class, and wider field-of-view.

Forms of stubby Hubble

pluralstubby Hubbles

Origin of stubby Hubble

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.

Questions about stubby Hubble

What does stubby Hubble mean?
Stubby Hubble means a spy satellite with a design similar to the Hubble Space Telescope.
What part of speech is stubby Hubble?
Stubby Hubble is a noun.
What is the plural of stubby Hubble?
The plural of stubby Hubble is stubby Hubbles.

Words near stubby Hubble in the dictionary

  1. stubboy
  2. Stubbs
  3. stubby
  4. stubby holder
  5. stubby holders
  6. stubby Hubble
  7. stubby squid
  8. stubby tree
  9. stubby trees
  10. stube
  11. Stuber

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