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Socle

//ˈsoʊkəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
  2. 2
    a plain plinth that supports a wall wordnet
  3. 3
    A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
  4. 4
    The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
  5. 5
    The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.

Etymology

From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.

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