Socle
/ˈsoʊkəl/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
- 2 a plain plinth that supports a wall wordnet
- 3 A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
- 4 The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
- 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.