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

Singular:

socle

Plural:

socles

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'.

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