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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hub \Hub\ (h[u^]b), n. [See 1st {Hob}.]
     1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the
        nave. See Illust. of {Axle box}.
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     2. The hilt of a weapon. --Halliwell.


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     3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub
        in the road. [U.S.] See {Hubby}.
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     4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
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     5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for
        impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
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     6. A screw hob. See {Hob}, 3.
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     7. A block for scotching a wheel.
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     8. The central location within which activities tend to
        concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a
        focus of activity.
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     9. Hence: (Aeronautics) A large airport used as a central
        transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air
        transportation between remote locations by directing
        travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the
        hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the
        airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines
        from remote locations constitute the so-called
  
     {hub and spoke system} of commercial air passenger
        transportation. A commercial airline may have more than
        one such hub.
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     10. The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by
         the nickname {The Hub}.
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     {Hub plank} (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along
        a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
  
     {Up to the hub}, as far as possible in embarrassment or
        difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire;
        deeply involved. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nave \nave\ (n[=a]v), n. [AS. nafu; akin to D. naaf, G. nabe,
     OHG. naba, Icel. n["o]f, Dan. nav, Sw. naf, Skr. n[=a]bhi
     nave and navel: cf. L. umbo boss of a shield. [root]260. Cf.
     {Navel}.]
     1. The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes
        radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also
        {hub} or {hob}.
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     2. The navel. [Obs.] --hak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hub
       n 1: the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc)
            through which the shaft or axle passes
       2: a center of activity or interest or commerce or
          transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;
          "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the
          airport is the economic hub of the area"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "hub":
     approach, arbor, asymptote, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft,
     axle spindle, axle-tree, bottleneck, center, center of action,
     center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chimney, chimney corner,
     collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse,
     concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence,
     converging, core, crossing, dead center, distaff, epicenter,
     fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside,
     flue, focal point, focalization, focus, fulcrum, funnel, gimbal,
     gudgeon, heart, hearth, hearthstone, hinge, hingle, hob, ingle,
     inglenook, ingleside, kernel, mandrel, marrow, medulla, meeting,
     metacenter, middle, mutual approach, narrowing gap, nave, navel,
     nerve, nub, nucleus, oarlock, omphalos, pin, pintle, pith, pivot,
     pole, radiant, radius, rowlock, seat, smokehole, spindle, spokes,
     storm center, swivel, tangent, trunnion, umbilicus
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hub
       
           (By analogy with the hub of a wheel) A device
          connected to several other devices.
       
          In {ARCnet}, a hub is used to connect several computers
          together.  In a message handling service, a number of local
          computers might exchange messages solely with a hub computer.
          The hub would be responsible for exchanging messages with
          other hubs and non-local computers.
       
          (1995-01-16)
       
       

















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