Kernel
noun
The inner, edible part of a nut, fruit, or seed, usually hard, smaller and darker.
He cracked the walnut and removed the kernel.
Often appears as...
- kernel of a nut
- hard kernel
noun
The most important or basic part of something.
The kernel of her argument is that the policy is wrongheaded.
Often appears as...
- kernel of truth
- kernel of an idea
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Approving
noun
In computing, the central component of an operating system.
The kernel of a computer operating system is the bridge between applications and the actual data processing of the hardware.
Often appears as...
- kernel panic
- kernel process
noun
The inner, edible part of a nut, fruit, or seed, usually hard, smaller and darker.
He cracked the walnut and removed the kernel.
Often appears as...
- kernel of a nut
- hard kernel
noun
The most important or basic part of something.
The kernel of her argument is that the policy is wrongheaded.
Often appears as...
- kernel of truth
- kernel of an idea
Usage tips
Approving
noun
In computing, the central component of an operating system.
The kernel of a computer operating system is the bridge between applications and the actual data processing of the hardware.
Often appears as...
- kernel panic
- kernel process
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Nutritional Focus
Often describes the nutritious center within a hard shell, suggesting health and vitality.
She preferred the kernel of cherries for their rich flavor and nutrients.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Edible
Some kernels may be inedible due to bitterness or toxicity, so context matters.
Though visually appealing, the kernel of an apricot is bitter and toxic.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Potential
Sometimes used metaphorically to represent potential growth or development.
Each student was like a kernel, full of potential to grow into something great.
Pro Tip 1/3Nutritional Focus
Often describes the nutritious center within a hard shell, suggesting health and vitality.
She preferred the kernel of cherries for their rich flavor and nutrients.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Edible
Some kernels may be inedible due to bitterness or toxicity, so context matters.
Though visually appealing, the kernel of an apricot is bitter and toxic.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Potential
Sometimes used metaphorically to represent potential growth or development.
Each student was like a kernel, full of potential to grow into something great.
Pro Tip 1/3Nutritional Focus
Often describes the nutritious center within a hard shell, suggesting health and vitality.
She preferred the kernel of cherries for their rich flavor and nutrients.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Edible
Some kernels may be inedible due to bitterness or toxicity, so context matters.
Though visually appealing, the kernel of an apricot is bitter and toxic.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Potential
Sometimes used metaphorically to represent potential growth or development.
Each student was like a kernel, full of potential to grow into something great.
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How giant sea creatures...
in the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean. We've been looking specifically at krill, one of the most important food items in this habitat. These half-inch long shrimp-like critters are about the caloric equivalent of a heavily buttered kernel of popcorn. And they're eaten by everything from birds and fur seals that pick them up one at a time
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Stuart Firestein: The...
the way you unravel the peels of an onion. So peel by peel, you take away the layers of the onion to get at some fundamental kernel of truth. I don't think that's the way it works either. Another one, a kind of popular one, is the iceberg idea, that we only see the tip of the iceberg but underneath is where most of the iceberg is hidden.
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Inside the bizarre world...
She started interacting with people in these online spaces, and they made her feel smart, they made her feel validated. She started feeling a sense of community, started wondering if maybe some of these shocking memes might actually contain a kernel of truth. A few months later, she was in a car with some of her new internet friends
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Peter Reinhart: The art...
And we harvest those seeds, and those are the wheat kernels. Now, in order to harvest it -- I mean, what's harvesting? It's just a euphemism for killing, right? I mean, that's what's harvest -- we say we harvest the pig, you know? Yes, we slaughter, you know. Yes, that's life. We harvest the wheat,
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How you can help...
It's memes, videos, social posts. And most of it is not fake; it's misleading. We tend to fixate on what's true or false. But the biggest concern is actually the weaponization of context. Because the most effective disinformation has always been that which has a kernel of truth to it.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
started disclosing classified information, there were some kernels of truth in there, but a lot of extrapolations and half-truths in there, and I'm interested in helping to address those. I think this is a really important conversation that we're having in the United States
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Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
have been discussed here and yet a hope that was so resilient I hope that that was so powerful that left a kernel of optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is really to empower people with
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A shark-deterrent...
the idea that there's a kernel of truth thought to be important, passed down from generation to generation, so that it actually ends up shaping human behavior? I wanted to test this idea. I wanted to put some science to this anecdotal evidence,
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How to rebuild the world...
but we hit a problem the kernel of wheat is a lovely nugget of nutrition but it's hard and indigestion so what we need to do is break down that grain to release the nutrition so that our bodies can absorb it and the most important
Video examples
How giant sea creatures...
in the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean. We've been looking specifically at krill, one of the most important food items in this habitat. These half-inch long shrimp-like critters are about the caloric equivalent of a heavily buttered kernel of popcorn. And they're eaten by everything from birds and fur seals that pick them up one at a time
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
the way you unravel the peels of an onion. So peel by peel, you take away the layers of the onion to get at some fundamental kernel of truth. I don't think that's the way it works either. Another one, a kind of popular one, is the iceberg idea, that we only see the tip of the iceberg but underneath is where most of the iceberg is hidden.
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
She started interacting with people in these online spaces, and they made her feel smart, they made her feel validated. She started feeling a sense of community, started wondering if maybe some of these shocking memes might actually contain a kernel of truth. A few months later, she was in a car with some of her new internet friends
Video examples
Peter Reinhart: The art...
And we harvest those seeds, and those are the wheat kernels. Now, in order to harvest it -- I mean, what's harvesting? It's just a euphemism for killing, right? I mean, that's what's harvest -- we say we harvest the pig, you know? Yes, we slaughter, you know. Yes, that's life. We harvest the wheat,
Video examples
How you can help...
It's memes, videos, social posts. And most of it is not fake; it's misleading. We tend to fixate on what's true or false. But the biggest concern is actually the weaponization of context. Because the most effective disinformation has always been that which has a kernel of truth to it.
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
started disclosing classified information, there were some kernels of truth in there, but a lot of extrapolations and half-truths in there, and I'm interested in helping to address those. I think this is a really important conversation that we're having in the United States
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
Video examples
WorldSpace: The world’s...
have been discussed here and yet a hope that was so resilient I hope that that was so powerful that left a kernel of optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is really to empower people with
Video examples
A shark-deterrent...
the idea that there's a kernel of truth thought to be important, passed down from generation to generation, so that it actually ends up shaping human behavior? I wanted to test this idea. I wanted to put some science to this anecdotal evidence,
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
but we hit a problem the kernel of wheat is a lovely nugget of nutrition but it's hard and indigestion so what we need to do is break down that grain to release the nutrition so that our bodies can absorb it and the most important
Example 1 of 10
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Michael Specter
American Journalist
All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn't whether our food has been modified, but how.
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Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.
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Forest Whitaker
American Actor
I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.
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Zac Posen
American Designer
A great trick for frying is to put a popcorn kernel in the oil, and when it pops, you're ready to fry.
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Harry Dean Stanton
American Actor
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
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Bill Hayden
Australian Politician
Stock kernels will be the norm for some time.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
Faith is like a kernel of wheat.
Quote examples
Michael Specter
American Journalist
All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn't whether our food has been modified, but how.
Quote examples
Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it.
Quote examples
Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.
Quote examples
Forest Whitaker
American Actor
I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.
Quote examples
Zac Posen
American Designer
A great trick for frying is to put a popcorn kernel in the oil, and when it pops, you're ready to fry.
Quote examples
Harry Dean Stanton
American Actor
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.
Quote examples
Alan Dundes
American Educator
Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
Quote examples
Bill Hayden
Australian Politician
Stock kernels will be the norm for some time.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
Faith is like a kernel of wheat.
Example 1 of 10
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