core | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
core | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
core magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data, now superseded by semiconductor memories, each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
core bit | a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill, allows core samples to be taken |
core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole |
DIP switch dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
divided highway dual carriageway | a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions, in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway |
dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | 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 |
core dump | (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU, usually used for debugging |
effect essence burden core gist | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
core nucleus core group | a small group of indispensable persons or things, five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program |
Congress of Racial Equality CORE | an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in to work for racial equality |
hard core | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement |
core | the center of an object, the ball has a titanium core |
core | the central part of the Earth |
core | a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |
hollow hollow out core out | remove the interior of, hollow out a tree trunk |
core | remove the core or center from, core an apple |
hard-core hardcore | extremely explicit, hard-core pornography |
hard-core hardcore | intensely loyal, his hard-core supporters |
hard-core | stubbornly resistant to change or improvement, hard-core addicts |
dual | a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural), ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek |
double dual duple | consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs, an egg with a double yolk, a double (binary) star, double doors, dual controls for pilot and copilot, duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure |
double dual twofold two-fold treble threefold three-fold | having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities, a double (or dual) role for an actor, the office of a clergyman is twofold, public preaching and private influence- R.W.Emerson, every episode has its double and treble meaning-Frederick Harrison |
divided dual-lane | having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions, a divided highway |