Synonyms: core
Definition: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
Similar words: bar
Definition: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
Usage: there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
Synonyms: core
Definition: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
Similar words: chamber
Definition: a natural or artificial enclosed space
Synonyms: core, magnetic core
Definition: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Usage: each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit
Definition: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
Synonyms: gist, heart, heart and soul, nub, nitty-gritty, essence, core, centre, center, pith, meat, inwardness, kernel, marrow, substance, sum
Definition: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Usage: the gist of the prosecutor's argument; the heart and soul of the Republican Party; the nub of the story
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Synonyms: core, effect, gist, essence, burden
Definition: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Similar words: significance, signification, meaning, import
Definition: the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Usage: what is the meaning of this sentence; the significance of a red traffic light; the signification of Chinese characters; the import of his announcement was ambiguous
Synonyms: nucleus, core, core group
Definition: a small group of indispensable persons or things
Usage: five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: Congress of Racial Equality, CORE
Definition: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
Similar words: NGO, nongovernmental organization
Definition: an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
Synonyms: core
Definition: the center of an object
Usage: the ball has a titanium core
Similar words: center, centre, midpoint
Definition: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Synonyms: core
Definition: the central part of the Earth
Similar words: center, centre, midpoint
Definition: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Synonyms: core
Definition: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
Similar words: sample
Definition: all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
Synonyms: core
Definition: remove the core or center from
Usage: core an apple
Similar words: core out, hollow, hollow out
Definition: remove the interior of
Usage: hollow out a tree trunk