core
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1. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | bar, |
| definition | : | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | magnet, |
| definition | : | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field (noun.artifact) |
2. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chamber, |
| definition | : | a natural or artificial enclosed space (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | nuclear reactor, reactor, |
| definition | : | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements (noun.artifact) |
3. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | toroid, torus, |
| definition | : | a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle (noun.shape) |
| part meronym | : | core memory, magnetic core memory, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | ram, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory, |
| definition | : | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | bare bones, |
| definition | : | (plural) the most basic facts or elements (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | hypostasis, |
| definition | : | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | haecceity, quiddity, |
| definition | : | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | quintessence, |
| definition | : | the purest and most concentrated essence of something (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | stuff, |
| definition | : | a critically important or characteristic component (noun.cognition) |
5. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work (noun.communication)
6. a small group of indispensable persons or things (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | set, |
| definition | : | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | cadre, |
| definition | : | a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion (noun.group) |
7. an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality (noun.group)
8. the center of an object (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | center, centre, midpoint, |
| definition | : | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | corn cob, corncob, |
| definition | : | the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn (noun.location) |
9. the central part of the Earth (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | center, centre, midpoint, |
| definition | : | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure (noun.location) |
10. a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | sample, |
| definition | : | all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class (noun.object) |
11. remove the core or center from (verb.contact)
12. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | summate, |
| definition | : | form or constitute a cumulative effect (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | meaty, substantive, |
| definition | : | being on topic and prompting thought (adj.all) |
13. the center of an object (noun.location)
| derivation | : | core, |
| definition | : | remove the core or center from (verb.contact) |
14. remove the core or center from (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | core, |
| definition | : | the center of an object (noun.location) |
15. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | summate, |
| definition | : | form or constitute a cumulative effect (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | meaty, substantive, |
| definition | : | being on topic and prompting thought (adj.all) |
16. the center of an object (noun.location)
| derivation | : | core, |
| definition | : | remove the core or center from (verb.contact) |
17. remove the core or center from (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | core, |
| definition | : | the center of an object (noun.location) |
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