core
Core denotes:
- Kern (archeology) , a piece of flint in prehistory and early history
- Kern (hunter's language) , in the hunter's language in predatory game the inner part of the animal's body without the bellows
- in linguistics a component of a compound expression; see head (grammar)
Biology:
- solid inner part of a fruit that contains the actual seed; see fruit # structure and pome fruit
- Heartwood , the inner, harder (and more economically valuable) part of the tree trunk
- Nucleus (CNS) , a collection of nerve cell bodies within the white matter of the central nervous system
- Cell nucleus , the cell organelle that contains the genetic material
Mathematics:
- Image of a core operator
- open core in the topology; see inner point
- dense core in the topology
- the equivalence relation given by a function
- in algebra the
- Kern (algebra) , in classical algebra the normal divisor of a group
- for a linear mapping the archetype of 0, see linear mapping # image and core
- Dirichlet kernel , in Fourier analysis the core function of a Fourier transformation
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Stochastic core , in statistics and probability theory a certain probability measure
- Epanechnikov kernel , a special stochastic kernel in statistics
Physics, geology and astronomy:
- Atomic nucleus in nuclear physics
- Earth's core in geology, the term is also used for other planets and celestial bodies
- galactic core, central region of certain galaxies
- active galactic core , unusually strong radiating galactic core, like the core of a radio galaxy, a Seyfert galaxy or a quasar, a BL Lacertae object, a LINER
- Galactic center , the center of the Milky Way
- Comet without its tail
Technology:
- Drill core , the cylindrical body removed from rocks, building materials, structures or ice with the help of a core drill
- Iron core , ferromagnetic core of an inductor or a transformer
- Film core , in film technology a wound body
- Core (casting) , a part introduced into a casting mold, through which an inner shape is to be achieved in the casting
- Kernel (operating system) (also operating system kernel ), the central components of an operating system
- Processor core , the computing unit of a processor and a graphics chip
- Reactor core in nuclear power plants
- inner part of a ground joint in chemical engineering; see standard section
Economy:
- Alfred Kern & fils , an Alsatian organ builder based in Strasbourg
- Kern & Co , a former Swiss manufacturer of special optical instruments in Aarau
- Kern & Sohn , a manufacturer of precision scales founded in Germany in 1844
- Kern AG (mechanical engineering) , Swiss mechanical engineering company based in Konolfingen
- Kern AG (language service provider) , German language service provider based in Frankfurt am Main
Authority:
- KErn, competence center for nutrition in the department of the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests, in Freising and Kulmbach
Geography:
- City center in the settlement geography
- Kern (Lohmar) is a hamlet in the Rhein-Sieg district
- Kern (Siegburg)
- Kern (municipality of St. Marienkirchen) , locality of St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck , district of Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria
- Kern County, California
- Kern River , river in California
- Kiel, Eckernförde, Rendsburg, Neumünster and Plön , the former technology region KERN in Schleswig-Holstein
Surname:
- Kern (family name) - for namesake see there
Humanities:
- The innermost, smallest common multiple of a consideration. The essential point of a thing. (Example: " ... the core of the matter. " Goethe, Faust)
Construction:
- The inside of a building except for the floor slab, the roof and the outer walls. (see also gutting )
See also:
- Kernel
- CERN
- Core
- The Core - a science fiction film
- Gäpfel Kern - the German-speaking counterpart to Pinocchio
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with Kern
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains Kern
Wiktionary: core - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
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