núcleo — meaning in English

English meaning

• core noun The central or most essential part of something.
• heartland noun The central region of a country or area, especially one seen as culturally or politically central.
• kernel noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
• nucleus noun The central, positively charged part of an atom, made of protons and neutrons.
• pith noun The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.

Senses

núcleo is used for these senses in English:

• core (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
• core (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
• heartland The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
• kernel The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
• kernel (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
• kernel (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
• pith The essential or vital part of something; the essence.

core — full definition

1. noun The central or most essential part of something.
2. noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
3. adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
4. verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.

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