bosom vs kernel

bosom

verb
  • To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. 

  • To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge. 

  • To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. 

  • To belly; to billow, swell or bulge. 

noun
  • Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior. 

  • A woman's breast(s). 

  • A depression round the eye of a millstone. 

  • The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. 

  • The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. 

  • The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline. 

adj
  • In a very close relationship. 

kernel

verb
  • To crenellate 

  • To enclose within a kernel 

noun
  • The human clitoris. 

  • The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons. 

  • For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism. 

  • A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value. 

  • A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat. 

  • A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh. 

  • The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1). 

  • The core, center, or essence of an object or system. 

  • The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components. 

  • The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums. 

  • A function used to define an integral transform. 

  • The core engine of any complex software system. 

  • The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. 

  • 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}. 

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