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 (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; 'each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit'.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

Inputed by Barbara

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