kernel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: algebra
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category-theory
chemistry
computing
engineering
group-theory
linear-algebra
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
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set-theory
Etymology: From Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le. Cognate with Yiddish קערנדל (kerndl), Middle Dutch kernel, cornel, Middle High German kornel. Related also to Old Norse kjarni (“kernel”).
Base: corn
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: kernels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kernels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kerneling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: kernelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: kerneled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: kerneled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: kernelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: kernelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
pos: noun
examples: the kernel of an argument
gloss: The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
pos: noun
gloss: A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
pos: noun
gloss: The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
pos: noun
gloss: The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
pos: noun
examples: The Linux kernel is open-source.
gloss: The core engine of any complex software system.
pos: noun
gloss: The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
pos: noun
gloss: A function used to define an integral transform.
pos: noun
examples: The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation.
gloss: The set of pairs of elements in the domain of f which are mapped to the same value; the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y).
pos: noun
examples: If a function is continuous then its kernel is a closed set.
gloss: The set of elements of the domain of f which are mapped to an identity element.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: The set of elements of the domain of f which are mapped to an identity element.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: The set of elements of the domain of f which are mapped to an identity element.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
pos: noun
gloss: The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
pos: noun
gloss: The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
pos: noun
gloss: The human clitoris.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Using the blunt end of one of the vibraphone mallets, he pried open her folds. With the balled end of the other, he rhythmically rolled over her kernel.
gloss: The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
pos: noun
examples: 1. In every atom is an essential kernel which remains unaltered in all ordinary chemical changes and which possesses an excess of positive charges corresponding in number to the ordinal number of the group in the periodic table to which the element belongs.
gloss: To enclose within a kernel
pos: verb
gloss: To crenellate
pos: verb
Derived words: cokernel
enkernel
exokernel
grape kernel
KERNAL
kernelate
kernel corn
kernel cowry
kernel cowrie
kernel function
kernel hacker
kernelisation
kernelization
kernelize
kernelless
kernelly
kernel of truth
kernel pair
kernel panic
kernel sentence
kernel space
multikernel
nanokernel
palm kernel
palm kernel oil
pine kernel
positive-definite kernel
subkernel
tree kernel
waxing kernel
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: ядро
roman: jadro
lang: Czech
word: jádro
lang: Danish
word: kerne
lang: Dutch
word: kern
lang: Finnish
word: nolla-avaruus
lang: Finnish
word: ydin
lang: French
word: noyau
lang: German
word: Kern
lang: Greek
word: πυρήνας
roman: pyrínas
lang: Hungarian
word: mag
lang: Italian
word: nucleo
lang: Polish
word: jądro
lang: Portuguese
word: núcleo
lang: Russian
word: ядро́
roman: jadró
lang: Spanish
word: núcleo