hubward adv.
(of a rotating or circular body, as a space station) near or towards the center, rather than the edge
Also as adj.
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1977
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Garry R. Osgood
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Sheridan plowed to a hubward compartment, with me in tow.
To Sin Against Systems in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Winter 34 -
1983
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Terry Pratchett
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There are, of course, two major directions on the disc: Hubward and Rimward.
Colour of Magic 5 -
1998
Terry Pratchett
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‘Where the hell’s Muntab?’…‘Several thousand miles away, Mrs. Ogg. But it has ambitions Hubward.’
Carpe Jugulum (2000) 47 -
2006
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William Shunn
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We ride a slidewalk spinward, then crowd into a hubward elevator.
Inclination in Asimov’s Science Fiction Apr.–May 29 -
2008
Charles Stross
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She crawls hubward and settles down on the spaceship’s load-bearing truss.
Saturn’s Children 30 -
2020
Elizabeth Bear
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Her crew all had our quarters nearby. The Ox Cryo unit was a few dozen meters along the same ring. The cafeteria was a few levels hubward.
Machine xvi. 255
Research requirements
antedating 1977
Research History
Suggested by Ben Ostrowsky, who also submitted a number of the cites.
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