Core
[kɔː] or [kɔr]
Definition
(noun.) a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil.
(noun.) the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.
(noun.) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; 'each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit'.
(noun.) a small group of indispensable persons or things; 'five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program'.
(noun.) the center of an object; 'the ball has a titanium core'.
(noun.) the central part of the Earth.
(noun.) a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.
(verb.) remove the core or center from; 'core an apple'.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
(n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.
(n.) A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
(n.) The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
(n.) The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
(n.) The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
(n.) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
(n.) A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
(n.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
(v. t.) To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
(v. t.) To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
Inputed by Antonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Heart, inner part.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Heart, kernel, nucleus, centre
ANT:Face, exterior, aspect, appearance, complexion, ostensibility, pretext
Typed by Emile
Definition
n. a number of people.
n. the heart: the inner part of anything esp. of fruit.—v.t. to take out the core of fruit.—adjs. Cored having the core removed; Core′less without core: pithless: hollow.—n. Cor′er an instrument for removing the core.
Typist: Moira
Examples
- The strength of any electromagnet depends upon the number of coils wound on the iron core and upon the strength of the current which is sent through the coils. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The strength of a motor may be increased by replacing the singly coiled armature by one closely wound on an iron core; in some armatures there are thousands of turns of wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The iron which is magnetized by the current passing around it is called the core. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her heart's core. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Among the earliest of Edison's dynamo experiments were those relating to the core of the armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He split up the iron core of the armature into thin laminations, separated by paper, thus practically suppressing Foucault currents therein and resulting heating effect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It must be borne in mind that the laboratory is only the core of a group of buildings devoted to production on a huge scale by hundreds of artisans. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During this travel the various cores are set, and the molds closed, moving to the point where the men with large ladles pour the mold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hanging over the top of the board are several cores on which the resistance wire has been wound, showing the V-shaped heating element. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- SHOWING A BOX OF IMPORTED MICA Above on the table, a stack of cores and several elements ready for insertion in the iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the edge of the table is a stack of mica strips known as cores. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These cores were then allowed to run in an excited field, and after a given time their temperature was measured and noted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the field magnets of his dynamo he constructed the cores and yoke of forged iron having a very large cross-section, which was a new thing in those days. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By such practical methods Edison found that the thin, laminated cores of sheet iron gave the least heat, and had the least amount of wasteful eddy currents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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