core
noun
1 core
A small group of indispensable persons or things:
— Five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program.
synonyms: core group, nucleus.
2 core
The center of an object.
Polish: rdzeń
3 core
The central part of the Earth.
4 core
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
synonyms: center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum ... show more.
Roget 222:
centrality,
centricalness†,
center;
middle
etc.
68;
focus
etc.
74.
core,
kernel;
nucleus,
nucleolus;
heart,
pole axis,
bull's eye;
nave,
navel;
umbilicus,
backbone,
marrow,
pith;
vertebra,
vertebral column;
hotbed;
concentration
etc.
(convergence)
290;
centralization;
symmetry.
center of gravity,
center of pressure,
center of percussion,
center of oscillation,
center of buoyancy
&c.;
metacenter†.
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Roget 642:
importance,
consequence,
moment,
prominence,
consideration,
mark,
materialness.
import,
significance,
concern;
emphasis,
interest.
greatness
etc.
31;
superiority
etc.
33;
notability
etc.
(repute)
873;
weight
etc.
(influence)
175;
value
etc.
(goodness)
648;
usefulness
etc.
644.
gravity,
seriousness,
solemnity;
no joke,
no laughing matter;
pressure,
urgency,
stress;
matter of life and death.
memorabilia,
notabilia†,
great doings;
red-letter day.
great thing,
great point;
main chance,
the be all and the end all"
[Macbeth];
cardinal point;
substance,
gist
etc.
(essence)
5;
sum and substance,
gravamen,
head and front;
important part,
principal part,
prominent part,
essential part;
half the battle;
sine qua non;
breath of one's nostrils
etc.
(life)
359;
cream,
salt,
core,
kernel,
heart,
nucleus;
keynote,
keystone;
corner stone;
trump card
etc.
(device)
626;
salient points.
top sawyer,
first fiddle,
prima donna [Sp.],
chief;
triton among the minnows;
'it' [U.S.]. "
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Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Dutch: bijzonderheid, kerngedachte, essentialia, essentie, grond, hoofdpunt, hoofdzaak, hypostase, kern, kernpunt, kwintessens, primaat, substantie, wezen, zwaartepunt ... show more
Polish: istota, esencja, sedno, jądro, meritum, kwintesencja
5 core
A cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill.
6 CORE
7 core
8 core
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.
synonym: magnetic core.
9 core
The chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place.
Polish: rdzeń
10 core
A bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil.
Polish: rdzeń
verb
1 core
Remove the core or center from.
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