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n. the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"

n. the central part of the Earth

n. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

n. a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

core, magnetic core

n. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"

core, nucleus, core group

n. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"

effect, essence, burden, core, gist

n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

core

v. remove the core or center from; "core an apple"

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venter

n. a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)

center, centre, middle, heart, eye

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

centrality

n. the property of being central

hub

n. a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area"

nidus

n. a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs

focus, focal point

n. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

focus

n. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

hub

n. a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area"

bloc, axis

n. a group of countries in special alliance

bottom

n. the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"

footing, basis, ground

n. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

center, centre, middle, heart, eye

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

support

n. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"

inside, interior

n. the region that is inside of something

area, country

n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

message, content, subject matter, substance

n. what a communication that is about something is about

crux, crux of the matter

n. the most important point

subject, topic, theme

n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"

fact

n. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

truth, true statement

n. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

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surface, Earth's surface

n. the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"

outside, exterior

n. the region that is outside of something

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