different between submodule vs socle

English

Etymology

sub- +? module

Noun

submodule (plural submodules)

1. A module making up part of a larger module.

   The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules.

2. (algebra) A module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.

English

Etymology

From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so?k?l/
• Rhymes: -o?k?l

Noun

socle (plural socles)

1. (architecture) A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
2. (architecture) A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
3. (algebra, ring theory) The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
4. (group theory) The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.

Synonyms

• (a plinth or pedestal): zocco, zocle

Translations

Anagrams

• Close, Coles, close, coles

French

Etymology

From Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?kl/

Noun

socle m (plural socles)

1. plinth, pedestal, socle
2. basis, foundation, core idea
3. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: sokkel
• ? English: socle
• ? German: Sockel (see there for further descendants)
• ? Portuguese: soclo

Further reading

• “socle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• close