core

Plural: cores

Noun

• a small group of indispensable persons or things
  • "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
• the center of an object
  • "the ball has a titanium core"
• the central part of the Earth
• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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"
• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
• In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
• The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
• The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
• The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
• In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
• The center or inner part of a space or area.
• The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
• The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
• A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.
• The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
• The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
• A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.
• The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
• The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
• A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
• A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
• An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
• A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• A miner's underground working time or shift.
• Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
• An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.

Verb

Verb Forms: cored, coring, cores

• To remove the central part or core from something.
• remove the core or center from
  • "core an apple"
• To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• To cut or drill through the core of (something).
• To extract a sample with a drill.

Adj

• Forming the most important or essential part.
• Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.

Examples

• a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core
• He attempted to core out the middle of the board for a prime scoring spot.
• I wanted to play a particular computer game, which required I buy a new computer, so while the game said it needed at least a dual-core processor, I wanted my computer to be a bit ahead of the curve, so I bought a quad-core.
• In a hollow-core design, neutrons escape from the core more readily, allowing more fissile material to be used (and thus allowing for a greater yield) while still keeping the core subcritical prior to detonation.
• Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests.
• the core of a subject
• the core of an apple or quince

Synonyms

burden, center, centre, Congress of Racial Equality, core group, effect, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, magnetic core, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, substance, sum, crux

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