All Definitions for Core
Below are all the dictionary definitions of core:
1In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
2The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
3The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
4The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
5The center or inner part of a space or area.
6The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all
7The essence.
8A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.
9The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
10The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
11A thematic aesthetic
12Objects related to a specific topic
13Particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function:
14The 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.
15An 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).
16The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
17The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
18The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
19A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
20A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
21Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the most vulgar sense above.
22A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
23The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
24A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
25The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
26A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
27An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
28Forming the most important or essential part.
29Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.
30To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
31To cut or drill through the core of (something).
32To extract a sample with a drill.
33A miner's underground working time or shift.
34A 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.
35An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
36A body of individuals
37An assemblage.
38A surname.
39A female given name from Ancient Greek.
40The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.
41A neighbourhood of San Diego, California, United States.
42An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
43Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”). [(computing, historical, countable, uncountable) A type of non-volatile random-access rewritable electronic memory using ferrite cores to magnetically store binary digits (bits).]
44Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume. [(historical units of measure) Any of various former units of volume, particularly:]
45Acronym of corporate responsibility.
46Acronym of Congress of Racial Equality.
47Acronym of Center for Operations Research and Econometrics
48Acronym of Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education.
49Acronym of Council on Rehabilitation Education.
50Acronym of Computing Research and Education Association.
51Obsolete form of Korah. [(biblical) A biblical character who rebelled against Moses.]
About antonyms for core
Finding the right antonym for core helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.", core has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.
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