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core - Dictionary definition and meaning for core

CORE

  • (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• (noun) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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"

    synonyms : magnetic core

  • (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

    "the gist of the prosecutor's argument", "the heart and soul of the Republican Party", "the nub of the story"

    synonyms : center , centre , essence , gist , heart , heart and soul , inwardness , kernel , marrow , meat , nitty-gritty , nub , pith , substance , sum

    We finally understood the pith of his argument. -added by naila_inlas

    The marrow of the lawyer's argument was that the defendant had committed the crime and needed to be punished severely. -added by naila_inlas

    There's not a kernel of truth in what they say. -added by nithi

    the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines -added by nithi

  • (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

    synonyms : burden , effect , essence , gist

    The gist of the entire meeting was to concentrate on customer servicing to achieve the sale target. -added by priyavanjeri

  • (noun) a small group of indispensable persons or things

    "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"

    synonyms : core group , nucleus

  • (noun) an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

    synonyms : congress of racial equality

  • (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"

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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