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1.NounIn general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds."the core of an apple or quince"
2.NounThe central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds."the core of an apple or quince"
3.NounThe heart or inner part of a physical thing.
4.NounThe anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
5.NounThe center or inner part of a space or area.
6.NounThe most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence."the core of a subject; Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests."
7.NounA technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.
The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
8.NounThe main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
9.NounThe set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
10.NounA thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic"Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests."
11.Nounparticular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part."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.; a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core; In a hollow-core design, neutrons escape from the core more readily, allowing more fissile material to be used (and thus allowing for a greater yield) while still keeping the core subcritical prior to detonation."
12.NounThe portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
13.NounEllipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
14.NounAn 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 a 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."
15.NounThe material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material."a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core"
16.NounThe inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
17.NounThe central fissile portion of a fission weapon."In a hollow-core design, neutrons escape from the core more readily, allowing more fissile material to be used (and thus allowing for a greater yield) while still keeping the core subcritical prior to detonation."
18.NounA piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
19.NounA hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
20.NounHence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the general sense above.
A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
21.NounA tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
22.NounThe bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
23.NounA disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
24.NounThe central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
25.NounA cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
26.NounAn atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
27.AdjectiveForming the most important or essential part.
28.AdjectiveDeeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.
29.VerbTo remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
30.VerbTo cut or drill through the core of (something).
31.VerbTo extract a sample with a drill.
32.NounA body of individuals; an assemblage.
33.NounA miner's underground working time or shift.
34.NounAlternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
35.NounA 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.
36.NounAn aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.