Hull may refer to:

Structures

Chassis A chassis (, ; plural ''chassis'' from French châssis ) is the load-bearing framework of an artificial object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. An example of a chassis is a vehicle frame, the underpart ...

, of an armored fighting vehicle *

Fuselage The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraft t ...

, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds *

Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, d ...

, the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull

Mathematics

Affine hull In mathematics, the affine hull or affine span of a set ''S'' in Euclidean space R''n'' is the smallest affine set containing ''S'', or equivalently, the intersection of all affine sets containing ''S''. Here, an ''affine set'' may be defined ...

, in affine geometry *

Conical hull Given a finite number of vectors x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n in a real vector space, a conical combination, conical sum, or weighted sum''Convex Analysis and Minimization Algorithms'' by Jean-Baptiste Hiriart-Urruty, Claude Lemaréchal, 1993, pp. 101, 102 ...

, in convex geometry *

Convex hull In geometry, the convex hull or convex envelope or convex closure of a shape is the smallest convex set that contains it. The convex hull may be defined either as the intersection of all convex sets containing a given subset of a Euclidean space ...

, in convex geometry **

Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull) Carathéodory's theorem is a theorem in convex geometry. It states that if a point x lies in the convex hull \mathrm(P) of a set P\subset \R^d, then x can be written as the convex combination of at most d+1 points in P. More sharply, x can be writ ...

Holomorphically convex hull The theory of functions of several complex variables is the branch of mathematics dealing with complex-valued functions. The name of the field dealing with the properties of function of several complex variables is called several complex variab ...

, in complex analysis *

Injective hull In mathematics, particularly in algebra, the injective hull (or injective envelope) of a module is both the smallest injective module containing it and the largest essential extension of it. Injective hulls were first described in . Definition ...

, of a module *

Linear hull In mathematics, the linear span (also called the linear hull or just span) of a set of vectors (from a vector space), denoted , pp. 29-30, §§ 2.5, 2.8 is defined as the set of all linear combinations of the vectors in . It can be characterize ...

, another name for the linear span *

Skolem hull In mathematical logic, a formula of first-order logic is in Skolem normal form if it is in prenex normal form with only universal first-order quantifiers. Every first-order formula may be converted into Skolem normal form while not changing it ...

, of mathematical logic

Places

England

* Hull, the common name of

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...

, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire **

Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

, a football team **

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and wer ...

, rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city **

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

(Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city **

Port of Hull The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Seaborne trade at the port can be traced to at least the 13th century, originally cond ...

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ...

River Hull The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in Northern 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 ...

, river in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Canada

Hull, Quebec Hull is the central business district and oldest neighbourhood 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 Canadia ...

, a settlement opposite Ottawa, now part of the city of Gatineau **

Hull (provincial electoral district) Hull is provincial electoral riding located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the entire Hull sector of the city of Gatineau, as well as some additional territory. It was created for the 1919 election from part of the Ottaw ...

Hull (federal electoral district) Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ...

, now named Hull—Aylmer

United States

Hull, Florida Hull is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by ...

Hull, Georgia Hull is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The population was 160 at the 2000 census and 198 in 2010. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Hull as a town in 1905. The community most likely was named after Reverend Hope ...

Hull, Illinois Hull is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 461 at the 2010 census, a decline from 474 in 2000. Geography Hull is located at (39.707845, -91.205132). According to the 2010 census, Hull has a total area of , of ...

Hull, Iowa Hull is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, Sioux County, Iowa. The population was 2,384 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History The first settlers in the Hull area arrived in 1872. The city was incorporated on May 15, 1886. H ...

Hull, Massachusetts Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, located on a peninsula at the southern edge of Boston Harbor. Its population was 10,072 at the 2020 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the fou ...

Hull, North Dakota Hull is an unincorporated community in Emmons County, in the U.S. state of North Dakota. History A post office called Hull was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1954. The community took its name from Hull, Iowa, and it is a Dutc ...

Hull, Texas Hull is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Liberty County, Texas, United States. It was named after W. F. Hull, a railroad official. The population was 669 at the 2010 census. Geography Hull is in eastern Liberty Cou ...

Hull, West Virginia Hull is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin Hull is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 750 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Cherokee is located in the town. History H ...

* Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin

Other places

Hul, Nové Zámky District Hul ( hu, Hull) is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1290. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 124 metre ...

, Slovakia * Hull Island (disambiguation), several places

People

List of people with surname Hull If the surname Hull is of topographical origin, it may derive from the Old English ''hyll'', denoting a "dweller on or by a hill" (making it a Middle English West Country and West Midlands variant of Hill), or from a Welsh term for a rough, uneven ...

Other uses

Hull classification symbol The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by ind ...

(hull code or hull number), a system to identify ships *

Hull House Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House (named after the original house's first owner Cha ...

, a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States * USS ''Hull'', any of four U.S. Navy ships *

Hull note The Hull note, officially the Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan, was the final proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan by the United States of America before the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1 ...

, the final U.S. proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan before the attack on Pearl Harbor