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cores

/kɔɹz/ /kɔːz/

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Various former units of volume, particularly:

Examples :

""The old recipe calls for two cores of wheat, a measurement no longer used." "

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The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.

Examples :

"the core of an apple or quince"

fruit part seed

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The heart or inner part of a physical thing

Examples :

"The apple cores went into the compost bin after snack time. "

part structure thing

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The center or inner part of a space or area

Examples :

"the core of a square"

area part space

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The most important part of a thing; the essence.

Examples :

"the core of a subject"

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The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.

Examples :

"The foundry used sand cores to create the hollow chambers inside the engine block. "

technical machine industry building structure part material

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The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.

Examples :

"The deer's antlers were growing, and the strong cores were already visible. "

anatomy animal body part physiology biology science

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Magnetic data storage.

Examples :

"In the old computer lab, some machines still used cores to store data, but they were much slower than the new solid-state drives. "

technology computing electronics machine

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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).

Examples :

"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."

computing electronics technology machine system part technical

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The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.

Examples :

"a floor panel with a Nomex honeycomb core"

material structure compound

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The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.

Examples :

"The nuclear reactor's cores generate tremendous heat to produce electricity. "

energy physics technology machine fuel part science technical

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A piece of ferromagnetic material (i.e. soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.

Examples :

"The electromagnet used to pick up scrap metal had powerful iron cores inside its coils, concentrating the magnetic field to lift heavy loads. "

material physics electronics technology device

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A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.

Examples :

"The shepherd worried because many sheep in his flock were listless, showing signs of cores. "

disease animal organism agriculture

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A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.

Examples :

"After drilling deep into the ground, geologists analyzed the cores to understand the layers of rock beneath the surface. "

geology material science

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A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.

Examples :

"The lab technician prepared the microscope slides to examine the tissue cores extracted from the patient's liver. "

medicine biology anatomy body organism

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The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.

Examples :

"The protein's stability is maintained by the hydrophobic amino acids clustered in its cores, away from the surrounding water. "

biochemistry biology structure part

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The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.

Examples :

""After much debate, the roommates agreed on an allocation of chores that everyone considered fair; this allocation belonged to the cores because no group of roommates could reorganize the chores in a way that would make them all better off." "

economy business value finance

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A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is winded.

Examples :

"The art teacher used several cardboard cores to create a colorful paper sculpture for the school exhibit. "

material item stationery

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An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e. except valence electrons).

Examples :

"To understand the behavior of sodium, chemists focus on its single valence electron, treating the sodium cores as a stable, positively charged unit. "

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To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.

Examples :

"I usually core apples before baking them into a pie. "

fruit food utensil

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To extract a sample with a drill.

Examples :

"The geologist cores the rock to study its composition. "

geology technical science process agriculture

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

Examples :

"The cores of volunteers arrived early to help set up the charity event. "

group organization

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A miner's underground working time or shift.

Examples :

"The miners finished their cores and emerged from the mine, covered in coal dust. "

job industry work time

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(machinery, marine) 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.

Examples :

""When I bought the rebuilt car alternator, I paid an extra $50 for the cores, which I'll get back when I return my old, broken alternator." "

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