What does “spokes” mean in this context?
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As far as I know and have checked a few dictionaries and done some research, spoke is either a verb, past tense of speak, or a noun which has a few meanings such as the metal bars on a bicycle wheel; plus a few other meanings that are less frequently used. However none of them make sense in the following sentence from a Wikipedia article:
The Resolute Support Mission envisages the deployment of approximately
12,000 personnel from NATO and partner nations in Afghanistan with the
central hub at Kabul and Bagram Airfield supporting four spokes.
What does the word mean in the sentence above?
meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity
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As far as I know and have checked a few dictionaries and done some research, spoke is either a verb, past tense of speak, or a noun which has a few meanings such as the metal bars on a bicycle wheel; plus a few other meanings that are less frequently used. However none of them make sense in the following sentence from a Wikipedia article:
The Resolute Support Mission envisages the deployment of approximately
12,000 personnel from NATO and partner nations in Afghanistan with the
central hub at Kabul and Bagram Airfield supporting four spokes.
What does the word mean in the sentence above?
meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
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You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago
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As far as I know and have checked a few dictionaries and done some research, spoke is either a verb, past tense of speak, or a noun which has a few meanings such as the metal bars on a bicycle wheel; plus a few other meanings that are less frequently used. However none of them make sense in the following sentence from a Wikipedia article:
The Resolute Support Mission envisages the deployment of approximately
12,000 personnel from NATO and partner nations in Afghanistan with the
central hub at Kabul and Bagram Airfield supporting four spokes.
What does the word mean in the sentence above?
meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
As far as I know and have checked a few dictionaries and done some research, spoke is either a verb, past tense of speak, or a noun which has a few meanings such as the metal bars on a bicycle wheel; plus a few other meanings that are less frequently used. However none of them make sense in the following sentence from a Wikipedia article:
The Resolute Support Mission envisages the deployment of approximately
12,000 personnel from NATO and partner nations in Afghanistan with the
central hub at Kabul and Bagram Airfield supporting four spokes.
What does the word mean in the sentence above?
meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity
meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
asked 11 hours ago
NeekuNeeku
3,10142442
3,10142442
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You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago
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You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago
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You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago
You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago
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The definition of "metal bars on a bicycle wheel" is correct.
The article is using a wheel symbolically. Picture Kabul/Bagram Airfield centrally located (the bicycle hub) with spokes radiating out from the hub.
answered 11 hours ago
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Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
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The reference to the 'Airfield' in your sentence indicates that this is probably meant in the Airline Hub sense, which is a specific implementation of the spoke-hub distribution paradigm.
In the above diagram, Denver is a hub; Los Angeles is another hub. Both have spokes radiating from them.
answered 10 hours ago
RogerRoger
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The definition of "metal bars on a bicycle wheel" is correct.
The article is using a wheel symbolically. Picture Kabul/Bagram Airfield centrally located (the bicycle hub) with spokes radiating out from the hub.
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
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Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
add a comment |
The definition of "metal bars on a bicycle wheel" is correct.
The article is using a wheel symbolically. Picture Kabul/Bagram Airfield centrally located (the bicycle hub) with spokes radiating out from the hub.
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
3
Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
add a comment |
The definition of "metal bars on a bicycle wheel" is correct.
The article is using a wheel symbolically. Picture Kabul/Bagram Airfield centrally located (the bicycle hub) with spokes radiating out from the hub.
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
The definition of "metal bars on a bicycle wheel" is correct.
The article is using a wheel symbolically. Picture Kabul/Bagram Airfield centrally located (the bicycle hub) with spokes radiating out from the hub.
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
answered 11 hours ago
drewhartdrewhart
2,890717
2,890717
3
Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
add a comment |
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Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
3
3
Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
Actually this goes back several thousand years earlier than bicycles. The classical spoked wagon/chariot wheel had a hub and perhaps 8 spokes going out to the rim.
– Hot Licks
10 hours ago
add a comment |
The reference to the 'Airfield' in your sentence indicates that this is probably meant in the Airline Hub sense, which is a specific implementation of the spoke-hub distribution paradigm.
In the above diagram, Denver is a hub; Los Angeles is another hub. Both have spokes radiating from them.
answered 10 hours ago
RogerRoger
980210
add a comment |
The reference to the 'Airfield' in your sentence indicates that this is probably meant in the Airline Hub sense, which is a specific implementation of the spoke-hub distribution paradigm.
In the above diagram, Denver is a hub; Los Angeles is another hub. Both have spokes radiating from them.
answered 10 hours ago
RogerRoger
980210
add a comment |
The reference to the 'Airfield' in your sentence indicates that this is probably meant in the Airline Hub sense, which is a specific implementation of the spoke-hub distribution paradigm.
In the above diagram, Denver is a hub; Los Angeles is another hub. Both have spokes radiating from them.
answered 10 hours ago
RogerRoger
980210
The reference to the 'Airfield' in your sentence indicates that this is probably meant in the Airline Hub sense, which is a specific implementation of the spoke-hub distribution paradigm.
In the above diagram, Denver is a hub; Los Angeles is another hub. Both have spokes radiating from them.
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You linked a definition from MW - please reread definition 1.b. and visualize a central hub with radiating spokes or logistical routes.
– Davo
11 hours ago