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kernel
English
Etymology
From Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of *kurn? (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn +? -le. Cognate with Yiddish ??????? (kerndl), Middle Dutch kernel, cornel, Middle High German kornel. Related also to Old Norse kjarni (“kernel”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
- Homophone: colonel
Noun
kernel (plural kernels)
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- Synonyms: crux, gist
- (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
- (botany) A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- Hyponyms: microkernel, unikernel
- (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
- Antonym: userland
- (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
- (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear map between vector spaces), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X ? Y, the set {x ? X : f(x) = 0}.
- Antonym: support
- Meronyms: root, zero
- (mathematics, category theory) For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism.
- (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
- (slang) The human clitoris.
- 2014, Karyn Gerrard, Irene Preston, Lotchie Burton et al, Summer Heat: 10 Spicy Romances That Sizzle
- 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.
- 2014, Karyn Gerrard, Irene Preston, Lotchie Burton et al, Summer Heat: 10 Spicy Romances That Sizzle
- (chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
- 1916, Gilbert N. Lewis, “The Atom and The Molecule,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 38(4) p 768.
- 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.
- 1916, Gilbert N. Lewis, “The Atom and The Molecule,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 38(4) p 768.
Synonyms
- (core or essence): See also Thesaurus:gist
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
kernel (third-person singular simple present kernels, present participle kerneling, simple past and past participle kerneled)
- To enclose within a kernel
- To crenelate
Anagrams
- kleren
Hungarian
Etymology
From English kernel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?rn?l]
- Hyphenation: ker?nel
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
kernel (plural kernelek)
- (computing) kernel (the central part of many computer operating systems)
- Synonym: rendszermag
Declension
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cernel, curnel, kernell, kirnel, karnel, kurnel, kurnele, kyrnel, kyrnell, cornel
Etymology
From Old English cyrnel, from Proto-Germanic *kurnilaz; equivalent to corn +? -el. Some forms are influenced by corn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?rn?l/, /?kirn?l/, /?kurn?l/, /?k?rn?l/
Noun
kernel (plural kerneles)
- A seed, grain or stone of a fruit, corn, or nut; a pepper corn.
- (figuratively) The core or most important part of a thing.
- (figuratively) The start of an enterprise or endeavour.
- (anatomy) A organ responsible for production of substances.
- (medicine) A distended organ or growth.
- (rare) A small pebble or rock; a flake of salt.
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: kernel
- Scots: kirnel; churnel
References
- “kirnel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.
Old French
Alternative forms
- crenel
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
kernel m (oblique plural kerneaus or kerneax or kerniaus or kerniax or kernels, nominative singular kerneaus or kerneax or kerniaus or kerniax or kernels, nominative plural kernel)
- crenel (space in a battlement from which weapons may be used on an incoming enemy)
Descendants
- ? English: crenel
- French: créneau
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (crenel, supplement)
Portuguese
Etymology
From English kernel.
Noun
kernel m (plural kernels)
- (computing) kernel (central part of certain operating systems)
- Synonym: núcleo
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mace
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /me?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Italian mazza, Spanish maza), probably from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- A heavy fighting club.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.
- The Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics, who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- (archaic) A billiard cue.
Translations
Verb
mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)
- To hit someone or something with a mace.
See also
- bludgeon
- celt
- twirling baton
- warclub
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese [Term?] and Malay [Term?], meaning "a bean".
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains.
- 1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants
- The decimals of the tael, called mace, candareen, and cash (tsien, f?n, and li) , are employed in reckoning bullion.
- 1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants
Etymology 3
From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macis as a plural (as with pea); from Latin macir.
Noun
mace
- A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
- I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
Translations
Etymology 4
From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace. Pepper spray may be derived from cayenne pepper, but not from mace (definition 3 above), which is a different spice.
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
Translations
Verb
mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)
- To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
- (informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
- 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, Ballantine Books, New York, chapter 22:
- When Reynaldo and Willie had burst into Larkey's drug store to confront him, the old man had maced Willie square in the eyes with an aerosol can of spermicidal birth-control foam.
- 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, Ballantine Books, New York, chapter 22:
References
Anagrams
- ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, acme, came, eMac
Albanian
Alternative forms
- maçe
- mac (eastern Gheg)
- macë
Etymology
Alternative variant of macë (“cat”), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *maca, likely an onomatopoeic expression.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat?s?/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /mã?t?s/, /mõ?t?s/ (eastern Gheg)
Noun
máce f (indefinite plural máce, definite singular mácja, definite plural mácet)
- (zoology) cat
- (figuratively, derogatory) belligerent, wild woman
Declension
Related terms
- macë f
- mackë f
- maç m
- maçok m
See also
- dac
Further reading
- [1] noun mace/máce (cat) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References
Hausa
Etymology
Derived from m??t? through an adverbial form.
Noun
màc? f (plural m?t?, possessed form màcèn)
- woman
- female
Usage notes
The possessed form may be seen as derogatory or ungrammatical by many speakers, and is often replaced by m??tar?, the possessed form of m??t?.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, probably from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Alternative forms
- maas, masse, mase, maiis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?s(?)/
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- A war club or mace.
- A club used for ceremonial purposes or as part of regalia.
Related terms
- macer
Descendants
- English: mace
- Scots: mace
References
- “m?ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
Noun
mace
- Alternative form of masse
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, itself probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Noun
mace f (oblique plural maces, nominative singular mace, nominative plural maces)
- mace (weapon)
Alternative forms
- mache (Picardy)
Descendants
- French: masse
- ? Middle English: mace, maas, masse, mase, maiis
- English: mace
- Scots: mace
Etymology 2
From Latin macir.
Noun
mace f (oblique plural maces, nominative singular mace, nominative plural maces)
- mace (spice)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mace, supplement)
- mace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Verb
mace
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mazar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mazar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mazar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mazar.
Taraon
Etymology
Compare Idu ????
Pronunciation
- (Darang Deng) IPA(key): /m?³¹t?i?³/
Noun
mace
- water
References
- Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011) (as macey)
- Jatan Pulu, A Phrase Book on Taraon Language (1991) (as mace or in running text often mac?)
- Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wan Huiyin, A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing)
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