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kernel(1) (iou)



kernel noun1 & verb1.
[Old English cyrnel dim. of corn seed: see CORN noun1, -EL1.]
A. noun.
1. A seed, esp. one in a fruit; a pip, a stone. obsolete exc. dial. OE.
2. The softer (usu. edible) part contained within the hard shell of a nut or of a fruit stone. OE.
fig.: J. Viorst Anxiety contains a kernel of hope.
3. A rounded swelling in any part of the body; esp. an enlarged lymph node OE.
4. The seed and hard husk of a grain, esp. wheat. ME.
b. A granule, as of sand or salt. LME-E19.
5. A gland or glandular body; a tonsil; a lymphatic gland or ganglion. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
6. The nucleus, core, or centre of something. Also (fig.), the essential part; the gist of a narrative, the basis of a system, etc. M16.
J. Galsworthy The kernel of life was in..saving for his children. Ski Survey The front of an avalanche..does not have the same speed as the kernel following behind.
b. Linguistics. The stem or common basis of a set of inflectional forms, as lach- in the German verb lachen. L19.
c. Physics. = CORE noun1 12. E20.
d. Math. A (given) function of two or more variables from which an integrand is obtained by multiplying by one or more Other functions each of just one of the variables. E20.
e. Math. The set of all the elements of a group that are mapped by a given homomorphism into the identity element. M20.
f. Linguistics. In full kernel sentence. In early Transformational grammar, a basic or core sentence that results from the application of only a few (obligatory) transformations, and to which Other sentences may be related by further transformations; a set of such sentences. M20.
g. Computing. The most basic level or core of an operating system of a computer, responsible for resource allocation, file Management, and Security. L20.
B. verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-.
1. verb intrans. Form kernels or seed; (of land) produce grain or corn. LME-E18.
2. verb trans. Enclose as a kernel in its shell. M17.
kernelled adjective1 (a) full of kernels or glands; (b) having a kernel: LME.
kernelless [-l-l-] adjective (rare) without a kernel L19.
kernelly adjective (a) consisting of or full of glands, glandular; (b) resembling a kernel: LME.

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