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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kernel \Ker"nel\, n. [OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS. cyrnel, fr. corn grain. See Corn , and cf. Kern to harden.] The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included ...
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In set theory , the kernel of a function f may be taken to be either the equivalence relation on the function's domain that roughly expresses the idea of "equivalent as far as the function f can tell", or the corresponding partition of the domain.
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n. 1 The core, center, or essence of an object or system. 2 The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. 3 A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat. 4 (context US English) The stone of certain fruits, ...
Usage examples of kernel.
There was still a kernel of distrust--the United States would not show the Saudis its sigint cables--and actionable intelligence it passed along often vanished when it reached the salons of the royal family, whose interests were often inscrutably complex.
But, instead of shooting formic acid crystals that would cause the bloating death, only yellow kernels showed.
When bruised the plant, and especially its root, smells like peach kernels, or prussic acid.
The program ports itself to all four corners, stopping to seed every intermediary, driven by the universal firmware kernel buried inside it.
If by the time the wheat reaches the city we own every kernel of wheat between here and Ylith, then we can ship the high-quality grain to the Free Cities and the Far Coast, recoup our investment, and make our profit.
Black Skelm carefully broke the dried kernel in half and extended a portion to Harvey.
The kernels of banyan fruit, which set all through the year, could be ground into flour.
And the same berries are chosen in England to furnish the kernel for a very nice sugar-plum.
Pamela protested, brushing greasy kernels of unpopped corn out of her hair, but Brewster was already rushing across the room and flinging open the front door of their apartment.
In the afternoon the auditory canal was found excoriated and red, and deep in the meatus the kernel was found, covered with blood.
Belt to the surface of the star kernel, scraping the rusty meniscus at a few feet per second.
But something must have been wrong with the radionic oven that had thawed and heated it, for at the first bite I crunched a kernel of ice in the meat.
The seed, reniform in shape, is bivalved, and constitutes about two-thirds of the bulk of the entire plum, and the inner kernel two-thirds the bulk of the seed.
The tale of a delicate lady dancer leaping as the kernel out of a nut from the arms of Harlequin to the legalized embrace of a wealthy brewer, and thenceforth living, by repute, with unagitated legs, as holy a matron, despite her starry past, as any to be shown in a country breeding the like abundantly, had always delighted him.
The kernels nestled tightly together, hundreds of them, each one unpatented, each one a genetic infection.