different between hub vs centered

English

Etymology

From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

hub (plural hubs)

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
2. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
3. A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub
4. (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
5. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
6. A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
7. (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

8. (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

   a hub in the road

9. (video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.
   • 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)

     In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.

10. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
11. A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
12. A screw hob.
13. A block for scotching a wheel.

Derived terms

• hubbed
• hubbing
• hub world

Synonyms

• (video games): hub world

Translations

Anagrams

• Buh, hbu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?up/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: hup

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of houba

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of huba

Verb

hub

1. second-person singular imperative of hubit

Italian

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (invariable)

1. hub (transport, computing)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub (device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices such as they act as a single network segment)

Spanish

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?/

Noun

hub

1. a clay pot or vase, especially as used for storing food or water

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)

English

Alternative forms

• centred (UK, Canada, Commonwealth)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?n.t?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.t??d/

Adjective

centered (comparative more centered, superlative most centered)

1. middlemost; located at the center
2. (especially Canada, US) emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind [from the 1970s]

Verb

centered

1. simple past tense and past participle of center

Anagrams

• decenter, decentre