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noun
A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: ring theory
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
a plain plinth that supports a wall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pedestal, plinth, footstall
History
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
Across languages
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