(n.) The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.
(n.) A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
(n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
(n.) The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
(v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previous attempts to purify this enzyme from the liquid endosperm of kernels of Zea mays (sweet corn) were not entirely successful owing to the lability of partially purified preparations during column chromatography.
(2) The presence of the positive-off diagonal of the second-order kernel of respiratory control of heart rate is an indication of an escape-like phenomenon in the system.
(3) A method of TLC densitometry was developed to determine the active ingredients (Wuweizisu A, B, C; Wuweizichun A, B; Wuweizi ester and schisanhenol) in Schisandra kernels.
(4) Mutant plants are characterized by reduced height, defective yellow striping on leaves, and aborted kernels on ears.
(5) The system identification results are in the form of first- and second-order frequency kernels, which are related to temporal kernels that appear in the Wiener functional series.
(6) The scattering kernel that was measured and reported in the first paper is now examined more carefully.
(7) The theoretical relationships between various types and components of dose-spread kernels relative to photon attenuation coefficients are explored.
(8) Only a single slice of the estimated experimental second-order kernel was used in identifying the cascade model.
(9) A set of vocalization was used to calculate the kernels of the transformation, and these kernels subserved to predict the responses of the cell to a different set of vocalizations.
(10) The answers are sums of the influence or kernel functions of the integral wherever the sum is positive, and zero elsewhere.
(11) The appearance-disappearance PERG had a triphasic first-order kernel and a biphasic second-order kernel.
(12) A comparison of the time course of this time-locked response with that of the kernel prediction indicated that nonlinear temporal effects of order higher than two are unimportant.
(13) There is serious fun to be had browsing its huge bottled beer menu, which runs the gamut of new wave UK breweries, including Kernel, Wild Beer, Hardknott, Camden, and their US inspirations, such as Left Hand and Magic Hat.
(14) Wheat kernels with visible Fusarium-damage, naturally infected, have been examined with histochemical techniques to observe mycelium growth inside kernels and change in kernels cells.
(15) Larger spots of light or a steady annular illumination transformed the slow horizontal cell kernel into a fast kernel similar to those of the receptors.
(16) At no stage of development, wheat alpha-amylase was inhibited by the albumin fractions from the mature kernel.
(17) For all the bad blood of the past year, for all the talk of betrayal, there remains the kernel of a progressive consensus.
(18) The physical parameters tested were: test weight (TW), endosperm texture (TE), pearling index (IP), 1000 kernel wt (W 1000), infrared reflectance (NIR) and color (Ref).
(19) A total of 600 Bosbek day-old broiler chicks (Akropong Farms, Kumasi, Ghana) were randomly allotted to six dietary treatments containing 0, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, and 15% palm kernel cake (PKC), respectively.
(20) Analysis by kernel density estimation revealed a bimodal distribution of MRs with an antimode of 11.6.
Nutshell
Definition:
(n.) The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
(n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
(n.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
Example Sentences:
(1) That in a nutshell is the comparative advantage that OpenStreetMap claims over other online maps.
(2) Thus, the same tribunal that regularly consigns ordinary, powerless Americans to prison for decades for even trivial offenses yet again acts to protect the most powerful actors from any consequences for serious crimes: that is the US justice system in a nutshell.
(3) In a nutshell: Sandcastle settlements Poland – Impossible Objects Gothic fantasies ... the Poland pavilion.
(4) Distance 1 mile (1.6km) Classification Gentle stroll Duration 1 hour 45 minutes Begins Salcombe Hill car park OS grid reference SY197889 Walk in a nutshell A mostly flat circuit around the summit of Salcombe Hill, which offers impressive views over the town of Sidmouth and, on a good day, as far as Portland Bill in Dorset.
(5) But when a BBC interviewer yesterday described plans to overhaul the citizenship rules with these words, the immigration minister Phil Woolas signalled she had put it in a nutshell .
(6) And that, in a nutshell, is how Galloway managed to score what he called "the most sensational result in British electoral history" last Thursday.
(7) And that, in a nutshell, is Malaga's season; a brief portrait of why Pellegrini might want to walk away and why Txiki Begiristain, City's director of football, may want to have him succeed Mancini.
(8) Distance 6 miles (9.7km) Classification Moderate Duration 3 hours Begins Bathwick Hill OS grid reference ST765640 Walk in a nutshell A moderately long but well-marked circular walk with fabulous views of Bath.
(9) Mr Justice Lewison ruled : "In my judgement, the reference [in the House of Lords Act 1999] to a 'member of the House of Lords' is simply a reference to the right to sit and vote in that house … In a nutshell, membership of the House of Lords means the right to sit and vote in that house."
(10) In a nutshell: Right now, it looks like PS4 is the most powerful console, but developers may well learn to exploit the Xbox One in new ways.
(11) Distance 5 miles (8km) Classification Moderate Duration 2 hours 30 minutes Begins Holyrood Park car park OS grid reference NT271737 Walk in a nutshell The climb on to Arthur's Seat may be steep, but an excellent path on to the compact, rocky summit (and a panorama par excellence) makes the ascent easier.
(12) Corbyn has proposed two alternatives to the UK’s current policy of austerity: a national investment bank, to be capitalised by cancelling private-sector tax relief and subsidies; and what he calls “people’s quantitative easing” – in a nutshell, an infrastructure programme that the government finances by borrowing money from the Bank of England .
(13) In a nutshell, Real Labour would see through the politics of fear that now dominates British politics and international discourse alike.
(14) Distance 0.5 miles (0.8km) Classification Gentle stroll Duration 1 hour 30 minutes Begins National Trust car park OS grid reference TL565706 Walk in a nutshell A flat, linear walk through one of Europe's most important wetlands.
(15) In a nutshell: Electric-pastoral-psycho-brutalism Japan – In the Real World Bold experimentation .... the Japan pavilion.
(16) "Its policy objective, described in the organisation's own words 'in a nutshell', is 'to control the number of non-EU migrants who are given the right to settle permanently in the United Kingdom'."
(17) Distance 4 miles (6.4km) Classification Easy Duration 2 hours Begins Beningbrough car park OS grid reference SE517586 Walk in a nutshell A civilised stroll on well-surfaced paths around the estate of a large Georgian mansion, which boasts one of England's finest baroque interiors and an exceptional collection of 18th‑century portraits.
(18) That was it really as far as the club was concerned.” Garlick, who also told the fans’ group that the 22-year-old had conducted his own negotiations with the board during the process, rather than use an agent, added: “In a nutshell, that’s it.
(19) The award-winning author made the remarks during a visit to Barcelona at the end of last week to promote his latest novel, Nutshell.
(20) That, in a nutshell, appears to be Facebook's approach to popular messaging app Snapchat .