/ˈsoʊkəl/
OriginFrom French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
- A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
- A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.
- The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
- The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
Formssocles(plural)