Socle Definition

sōkəl
noun
A projecting foundation piece, as for a column, wall, or statue.
Webster's New World
A plain plinth supporting a wall.
American Heritage

(mathematics) The sum of the minimal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.

Wiktionary

(mathematics, group theory) The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.

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Other Word Forms of Socle

Noun

Singular:
socle
Plural:
socles

Origin of Socle

  • French from Italian zoccolo wooden shoe from Latin socculus diminutive of soccus a kind of light shoe sock1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French socle, from Italian zoccolo "˜wooden shoe', from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus "˜sock'.

    From Wiktionary

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