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stubby Hubble

noun

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.

  1. derived from *Hugibald✻
  2. derived from Hucbalt
  3. derived from Hubald
  4. compounded as stubby hubble — “stubby + Hubble”

Definitions

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

  2. A satellite of this class, with a shorter telescope tube than Hubble, similar mirror-size…

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA