Core vs. Nucleus
Corenoun
The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
‘the core of an apple or quince’;
Nucleusnoun
The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
Corenoun
The heart or inner part of a physical thing
Nucleusnoun
An initial part or version that will receive additions.
‘This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.’;
Corenoun
The center or inner part of a space or area
‘the core of a square’;
Nucleusnoun
The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
Corenoun
The most important part of a thing; the essence.
‘the core of a subject’;
Nucleusnoun
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
Corenoun
(engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.
Nucleusnoun
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
Corenoun
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
Nucleusnoun
The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
Corenoun
(computing) Magnetic data storage.
Nucleusnoun
A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; - used both literally and figuratively.
‘It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth.’;
Corenoun
(computer hardware) 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 multi-core processor).
‘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.’;
Nucleusnoun
The body or the head of a comet.
Corenoun
(engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
‘a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core’;
Nucleusnoun
An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
Corenoun
The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
Nucleusnoun
A body, usually spheroidal, in a eukaryotic cell, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents, which contains the chromosomal genetic material, including the chromosomal DNA. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.
Corenoun
A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
Nucleusnoun
The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
Corenoun
A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
Nucleusnoun
a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
Corenoun
A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
Nucleusnoun
the positively charged dense center of an atom
Corenoun
(medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
Nucleusnoun
a small group of indispensable persons or things;
‘five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program’;
Corenoun
(biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
Nucleusnoun
(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
Corenoun
(game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
Nucleusnoun
any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
Corenoun
(printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is winded.
Corenoun
(obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
Corenoun
A miner's underground working time or shift.
Corenoun
: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
Corenoun
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.
Coreverb
To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
Coreverb
To extract a sample with a drill.
Corenoun
A body of individuals; an assemblage.
‘He was in a core of people.’;
Corenoun
A miner's underground working time or shift.
Corenoun
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
Corenoun
The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
‘A fever at the core,Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.’;
Corenoun
The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.
Corenoun
The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject; - also used attributively, as the core curriculum at a college.
Corenoun
The portion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
Corenoun
A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
Corenoun
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
Corenoun
A mass of iron or other ferrous metal, forming the central part of an electromagnet, such as those upon which the conductor of an armature, a transformer, or an induction coil is wound.
Corenoun
a sample of earth or rock extracted from underground by a drilling device in such a manner that the layers of rock are preserved in the same order as they exist underground; as, to drill a core; to extract a core. The sample is typically removed with a rotating drill bit having a hollow center, and is thus shaped like a cylinder.
Corenoun
The main working memory of a digital computer system, which typically retains the program code being executed as well as the data structures that are manipulated by the program. Contrasted to ROM and data storage device.
Corenoun
the central part of the earth, believed to be a sphere with a radius of about 2100 miles, and composed primarily of molten iron with some nickel. It is distinguished from the crust and mantle.
Corenoun
the central part of a nuclear reactor, containing the fissionable fuel.
Coreverb
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
‘He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out.’;
Coreverb
To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
Coreverb
To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring device. See core{8}.
Corenoun
the center of an object;
‘the ball has a titanium core’;
Corenoun
a small group of indispensable persons or things;
‘five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program’;
Corenoun
the central part of the Earth
Corenoun
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’;
Corenoun
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
Corenoun
an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
Corenoun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Corenoun
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
Corenoun
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
Coreverb
remove the core or center from;
‘core an apple’;
