the quality or state of being inward or internal | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories |
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
| a small group of indispensable persons or things |
| the center of an object |
| the central part of the Earth |
| a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |