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Meaning of "kernel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KERNEL

Old English cyrnel a little seed, from corn seed.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KERNEL

kernel  [ˈkɜːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KERNEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kernel is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb kernel in English.

WHAT DOES KERNEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kernel in the English dictionary

The first definition of kernel in the dictionary is the edible central part of a seed, nut, or fruit within the shell or stone. Other definition of kernel is the grain of a cereal, esp wheat, consisting of the seed in a hard husk. Kernel is also the central or essential part of something.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO KERNEL

PRESENT

Present
I kernel
you kernel
he/she/it kernels
we kernel
you kernel
they kernel
Present continuous
I am kernelling
you are kernelling
he/she/it is kernelling
we are kernelling
you are kernelling
they are kernelling
Present perfect
I have kernelled
you have kernelled
he/she/it has kernelled
we have kernelled
you have kernelled
they have kernelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been kernelling
you have been kernelling
he/she/it has been kernelling
we have been kernelling
you have been kernelling
they have been kernelling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I kernelled
you kernelled
he/she/it kernelled
we kernelled
you kernelled
they kernelled
Past continuous
I was kernelling
you were kernelling
he/she/it was kernelling
we were kernelling
you were kernelling
they were kernelling
Past perfect
I had kernelled
you had kernelled
he/she/it had kernelled
we had kernelled
you had kernelled
they had kernelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been kernelling
you had been kernelling
he/she/it had been kernelling
we had been kernelling
you had been kernelling
they had been kernelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will kernel
you will kernel
he/she/it will kernel
we will kernel
you will kernel
they will kernel
Future continuous
I will be kernelling
you will be kernelling
he/she/it will be kernelling
we will be kernelling
you will be kernelling
they will be kernelling
Future perfect
I will have kernelled
you will have kernelled
he/she/it will have kernelled
we will have kernelled
you will have kernelled
they will have kernelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been kernelling
you will have been kernelling
he/she/it will have been kernelling
we will have been kernelling
you will have been kernelling
they will have been kernelling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would kernel
you would kernel
he/she/it would kernel
we would kernel
you would kernel
they would kernel
Conditional continuous
I would be kernelling
you would be kernelling
he/she/it would be kernelling
we would be kernelling
you would be kernelling
they would be kernelling
Conditional perfect
I would have kernel
you would have kernel
he/she/it would have kernel
we would have kernel
you would have kernel
they would have kernel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been kernelling
you would have been kernelling
he/she/it would have been kernelling
we would have been kernelling
you would have been kernelling
they would have been kernelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you kernel
we let´s kernel
you kernel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to kernel
Past participle
kernelled
Present Participle
kernelling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KERNEL


colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
diurnal
daɪˈɜːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
fraternal
frəˈtɜːnəl
hibernal
haɪˈbɜːnəl
infernal
ɪnˈfɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
maternal
məˈtɜːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
paternal
pəˈtɜːnəl
semidiurnal
ˌsɛmɪdaɪˈɜːnəl
sempiternal
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl
sternal
ˈstɜːnəl
substernal
sʌbˈstɜːnəl
supernal
suːˈpɜːnəl
ternal
ˈtɜːnəl
urnal
ˈɜːnəl
vernal
ˈvɜːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KERNEL

kerky
kerma
Kerman
Kermanshah
kermes
kermesite
kermis
kern
kerne
kernel-less
kernelled
kernelling
kernelly
kernicterus
kerning
kernish
kernite
kernmantel rope
kero

WORDS THAT END LIKE KERNEL

charnel
cornel
darnel
dwarf cornel
enkernel
girnel
pimpernel
pine kernel
ritornel
scarlet pimpernel
uncharnel
water pimpernel
yellow pimpernel

Synonyms and antonyms of kernel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «KERNEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «kernel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of kernel
core · essence · germ · gist · grain · marrow · nub · pith · seed · substance

Translation of «kernel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KERNEL

Find out the translation of kernel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kernel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kernel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

果仁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fruto
570 millions of speakers

English

kernel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النواة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ядро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

núcleo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাঁস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amande
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kernel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낟알
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kernel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạt nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கர்னல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्नल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekirdek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gheriglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jądro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ядро
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nucleu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρήνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kern
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kernel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kernel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KERNEL»

The term «kernel» is very widely used and occupies the 12.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KERNEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kernel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kernel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kernel

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «KERNEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kernel.
1
Graeme Base
It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.
2
Joe Bob Briggs
Faith is like a kernel of wheat.
3
Alan Dundes
Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
4
Richard Eyre
I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.
5
Dave Finkel
A standard sitcom... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we bust that, how do we find a new kernel in it?
6
Edward P. Jones
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.
7
Aimee Mullins
Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
8
Christopher Paolini
I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie or a book that gets me thinking. Sometimes it's love of a movie or book.
9
Orville Redenbacher
Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.
10
Michael Specter
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KERNEL»

Discover the use of kernel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kernel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell
Presents an overview of kernel configuration and building for version 2.6 of the Linux kernel.
Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2007
2
Understanding the Linux Kernel
This book will help you make the most of your Linux system.
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati, 2005
3
Kernel Smoothing
The basic principle is that local averaging or smoothing is performed with respect to a kernel function. This book provides uninitiated readers with a feeling for the principles, applications, and analysis of kernel smoothers.
M.P. Wand, M.C. Jones, 1994
4
Advances in Kernel Methods: Support Vector Learning
A young girl hears the story of her great-great-great-great- grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
Bernhard Schölkopf, Christopher J. C. Burges, Alexander J. Smola, 1999
5
Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel
Rootkit.com founder reveals never-before-told offensive aspects of rootkit technology.
Greg Hoglund, James Butler, 2006
6
The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. ...
Ultimately this book is about a remarkable scientist searching for a new understanding of the interrelatedness of man and world.
Suzanne Gieser, 2005
7
OS X and iOS Kernel Programming
With OS X and iOS Kernel Programming, you’ll: Discover classical kernel architecture topics such as memory management and thread synchronization Become well-versed in the intricacies of the kernel development process by applying kernel ...
Ole Henry Halvorsen, Douglas Clarke, 2011
8
An Introduction to Support Vector Machines and Other ...
This is the first comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines (SVMs), a new generation learning system based on recent advances in statistical learning theory.
Nello Cristianini, John Shawe-Taylor, 2000
9
Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis
A unique account of developing topic in data mining and machine learning.
John Shawe-Taylor, Nello Cristianini, 2004
10
The Linux Kernel book
'The book you hold in your hand will hopefully help you understand the Linux operating system kernel better. it really is a strange and wonderful world, full of subtle details ranging from how to control the physical hardware to how to ...
Rémy Card, Éric Dumas, Franck Mével, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KERNEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kernel is used in the context of the following news items.
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GOOGLE GMAIL ATE MY LINUX: Gobbled email enrages Torvalds …
Linux kernel supremo Linus Torvalds has published a scathing open letter to Google's Gmail team after discovering that the service had ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Clonezilla Live OS Is Now Using Linux Kernel 4.0.8 - Softpedia
According to the changelog, the Linux kernel has been updated to version 4.0.8-1, when /home/partimag is a mount point, prep-ocsroot now ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
3
Linus Torvalds Takes Fighter Jet Flights to Relax in Between Linux …
You probably won't believe this, but Linus Torvalds, the father of the Linux kernel, has just posted three astonishing photos bragging about ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
4
OpenELEC 6.0 Beta 3 Is Based on Linux Kernel 4.1 and Kodi 15.0 …
On July 16, the OpenELEC development team informed us all about the immediate availability for download and testing of the third Beta build ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
5
Nvidia Is Now Using a New Linux Kernel Module Source Layout
Nvidia is making some changes to the way it's installing its drivers on the Linux systems and they are now using a new kernel module source ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
6
SteamOS 2.25 "Brewmaster" Based on Debian 8 Gets Linux Kernel
Valve has recently announced that it's working on a new SteamOS based on the latest Debian 8 branch and the developers have just released ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
7
Microsoft Patches Hacking Team Windows Kernel Zero Day
Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel uncovered and exploited by Hacking Team. The zero day was found ... «Threatpost, Jul 15»
8
Linux Kernel 3.18.18 LTS Is a Huge Release with Multiple ARM …
Sasha Levin, the maintainer of the Linux 3.18 kernel series, has recently announced the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
9
Kernel Soccer Camp pre-registration under way
The camp is open for boys and girls grades 2 through 12 and the cost is $40 per person. The camp will be held July 20-21 at the Pepsi Cola ... «Daily Republic, Jul 15»
10
New Manjaro Linux Update Brings the Latest AMD Catalyst Drivers …
... most important core components and applications, but also to improve the overall performance of the Linux kernel-based operating system, ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»

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