Meanings
adverbhubward (comparative more hubward, superlative most hubward)
comparative more hubward · superlative most hubward
- literatureTowards 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
Origin
From hub (“the central part of a wheel”) + -ward.
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