core vs scope

core

noun
  • The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence. 

  • A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field. 

  • The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. 

  • The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents. 

  • A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy. 

  • An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons). 

  • A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself. 

  • A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver. 

  • The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting. 

  • Used to designate the main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group. 

  • The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax. 

  • 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). 

  • The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids. 

  • A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling. 

  • The heart or inner part of a physical thing. 

  • The central fissile portion of a fission weapon. 

  • A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound. 

  • The center or inner part of a space or area. 

  • The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. 

  • The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place. 

  • A miner's underground working time or shift. 

  • The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material. 

adj
  • Forming the most important or essential part. 

verb
  • To cut or drill through the core of (something). 

  • To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. 

  • To extract a sample with a drill. 

scope

noun
  • The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. 

  • The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part. 

  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. 

  • The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed. 

  • The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies. 

  • Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. 

  • Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. 

  • A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope. 

verb
  • To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. 

  • To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. 

  • To define the scope of something. 

  • To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. 

  • To examine under a microscope. 

  • To observe a bird using a spotting scope. 

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