Hull
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- Hull (watercraft)Hull (watercraft)A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type...
, the body or frame of a ship - ChassisChassisA chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...
of an armored fighting vehicle - FuselageFuselageThe fuselage is an aircraft's main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single-engine aircraft it will usually contain an engine, although in some amphibious aircraft the single engine is mounted on a pylon attached to the fuselage which in turn is used as a floating hull...
of an aircraft - HuskHuskHusk in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable...
or hull, the outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
In mathematics
- Affine hullAffine hullIn mathematics, the affine hull of a set S in Euclidean space Rn is the smallest affine set containing S, or equivalently, the intersection of all affine sets containing S...
, in affine geometry - Convex hullConvex hullIn mathematics, the convex hull or convex envelope for a set of points X in a real vector space V is the minimal convex set containing X....
, in geometry - Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull)Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull)In convex geometry Carathéodory's theorem states that if a point x of Rd lies in the convex hull of a set P, there is a subset P′ of P consisting of d+1 or fewer points such that x lies in the convex hull of P′. Equivalently, x lies in an r-simplex with vertices in P, where r \leq d...
- Holomorphically convex hullHolomorphically convex hullIn mathematics, more precisely in complex analysis, the holomorphically convex hull of a given compact set in the n-dimensional complex space Cn is defined as follows....
, in complex analysis - Injective hullInjective hullIn mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra known as module theory, the injective hull of a module is both the smallest injective module containing it and the largest essential extension of it...
of a module - Linear hull, another name for the linear span
- Skolem hull of mathematical logic
Places
England- Kingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
(almost invariably abbreviated to Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire named after the River Hull (King's town upon Hull, prior to 1299 Wyke upon Hull)- River HullRiver HullThe River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free...
, river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England - Hull City A.F.C.Hull City A.F.C.Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
, English football team - Hull F.C., rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city
- Hull Kingston RoversHull Kingston RoversHull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is an English professional rugby league football club based in Hull, England. The club formed in 1882 and currently competes in Super League, having won promotion from National League One in 2006...
(Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city - The University of HullUniversity of HullThe University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
, a university in England - Sutton-on-HullSutton-on-HullSutton-on-Hull is a suburb of the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was served by Sutton-on-Hull railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway until 1964.-External links:*...
, a suburb of Kingston upon Hull - Port of HullPort of HullThe Port of Hull is a trading port located at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Seaborne trade can be traced to at least the 13th century...
, a major passenger and freight port in Kingston upon Hull
- River Hull
Canada
- Hull, QuebecHull, QuebecHull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...
, a former city in Québec (now part of the city of Gatineau) - Hull (provincial electoral district)Hull (provincial electoral district)Hull is provincial electoral riding located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Outaouais region, the district includes the entire Hull sector of the city of Gatineau. It was created in 1919 and was previously part of the riding of Ottawa from 1887 to 1919 and Ottawa from 1867 to 1887...
, provincial electoral district in Quebec - Hull—AylmerHull—AylmerHull—Aylmer is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917....
, a Canadian federal electoral district
French Polynesia
- Îles MariaÎles MariaÎles Maria or simply Maria, also known as Hull Island, is a small coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Its original name is Nororotu. The nearest land is Rimatara situated 205 km to the ESE....
, an island in the Austral Islands, formerly called Hull Island
Kiribati
- Orona, an island that was formerly called Hull Island
Slovakia
- Hul, Nové Zámky DistrictHul, Nové Zámky DistrictHul is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 124 metres and covers an area of 12.624 km². It has a population of about 1240 people.-External links:...
, known as Hull in Hungarian
United States
- Hull, GeorgiaHull, GeorgiaHull is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The population was 160 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hull is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Hull, IllinoisHull, IllinoisHull is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hull is located at ....
- Hull, IowaHull, IowaHull is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,960 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hull is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Hull, MassachusettsHull, MassachusettsHull is a peninsula town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,293 at the 2010 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the fourth smallest in the state...
- Hull, TexasHull, TexasHull is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States.-External links:...
- Hull, West VirginiaHull, West VirginiaHull is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA....
- Hull, Marathon County, WisconsinHull, Marathon County, WisconsinHull is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 773 at the 2000 census...
- Hull, Portage County, WisconsinHull, Portage County, WisconsinHull is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,493 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Casimir and Jordan are located in the town.-Geography:...
People
- Alan HullAlan HullAlan Hull was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band, Lindisfarne.-Career:...
, English musician and songriter - Blair HullBlair HullM. Blair Hull is an American businessman, investor, Democratic politician, and philanthropist.Hull founded Hull Trading Company in 1985 and served as the firm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer before selling it to Goldman Sachs in 1999 for $531 million...
, an American businessman and politician - Bobby HullBobby HullRobert Marvin "Bobby" Hull, OC is a former Canadian ice hockey player. He is regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time and perhaps the greatest left winger to ever play the game. Hull was famous for his blonde hair, blinding skating speed, and having the hardest shot, earning...
(born 1939), a former Canadian ice hockey player - Brett HullBrett HullBrett Andrew Hull is a former Canadian-American NHL player and the former Executive Vice President of the Dallas Stars. He is the son of Bobby Hull and nephew of Dennis Hull, both former NHL players. Hull is also known as "The Golden Brett," which is a play off of his father's nickname, "The...
(born 1964), a former Canadian ice hockey player, and son of Bobby Hull - Chuck HullChuck HullChuck Hull is the co-founder, executive vice president and chief technology officer of 3D Systems. He is the inventor of the solid imaging process known as stereolithography, the first commercial rapid prototyping technology, and the STL file format. He is the inventor on more than 60 U.S...
, inventor of stereolithography - Clark L. HullClark L. HullClark Leonard Hull was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD from the University of...
, an American psychologist - Cordell HullCordell HullCordell Hull was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II...
(1871–1955), United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 - Dennis HullDennis HullDennis William Hull is a retired professional ice hockey left winger, most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League...
(born 1944), a former Canadian ice hockey player, and brother of Bobby Hull - Edith Maude HullEdith Maude HullEdith Maude Hull was a British novelist best known for being the author of the romantic novel The Sheik which became an international best seller in 1921....
(1880-1947), British writer, author of the novel The Sheik - Edgar HullEdgar HullEdgar Hull, Jr. , was a physician from Louisiana and in 1931 a founding faculty member of the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans. In 1966, he became the first Dean of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport...
(1904-1984), Louisiana physician - Henry HullHenry HullHenry Watterson Hull was an American character actor with a unique voice, most noted for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London .-Life and career:Hull was born in Louisville, Kentucky...
(1890-1977), American actor - Isaac HullIsaac Hull-External links:* *...
, early United States Naval officer, Captain of the USS Constitution during the battle with HMS Guerriere - James L. HullJames L. HullJames Lott Hull was a fireman first class serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
, American Medal of Honor recipient - John C. Hull, a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University of Toronto
- John M. Hull, Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham
- Katherine HullKatherine HullKatherine Hull is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the ALPG Tour.-Amateur career:...
(born 1982), Australian golfer - Kay HullKay HullKay Elizabeth Hull , Australian politician, was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to July 2010, representing the Division of Riverina, New South Wales.-Personal life:...
, Australian politician - Merlin HullMerlin HullMerlin Hull was a Wisconsin lawyer, a newspaper publisher, and a member of the United States House of Representatives....
, U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin - Rae HullRae HullRae Hull is a Canadian New Media and Television Content Creator who began her career as a journalist and producer. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and was later based in Vancouver, British Columbia....
, Canadian journalist - Rod HullRod HullRodney Stephen Hull , better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet of the flightless emu bird...
(1935-1999), English entertainer - Tom HullTom HullTom Hull is an associate professor of mathematics at Western New England University and is known for his expertise in the mathematics of paper folding.Prior to his appointment at Western New England, Hull taught at Merrimack College...
, mathematical origamist - Warren HullWarren HullJohn Warren Hull was an actor and TV personality, active from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was one of the most popular serial actors in the action-adventure field....
(1903-1974), film actor and TV personality - William HullWilliam HullWilliam Hull was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution, was Governor of Michigan Territory, and was a general in the War of 1812, for which he is best remembered for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British.- Early life and Revolutionary War :He was born in...
, an American general during the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812
Other uses
- Hull HouseHull HouseHull House is a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located in the Near West Side of , Hull House opened its doors to the recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had grown to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull...
, settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, USA - USS HullUSS HullFour ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hull, in honor of Commodore Isaac Hull., was a , launched in 1902 and sold in 1921, was a , launched in 1921 and sold in 1931, was a launched in 1934 and lost in a typhoon in 1944...
, any of four U.S. Navy ships - Hull–White model of interest rates, in economics