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Socket
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- 1 Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.; An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
"Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket"
- 2 a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted wordnet
- 3 Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.; A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
- 4 receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted wordnet
- 5 Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.; The socket head for a socket wrench.
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- 6 a bony hollow into which a structure fits wordnet
- 7 Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.; A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
- 8 Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.; The hollow of a candlestick.
"Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out."
- 9 One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
- 10 One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- 11 A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
- 1 To place or fit in a socket.
"Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement."
Etymology
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
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