What does socket mean?
Definitions for socket
ˈsɒk ɪtsock·et
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Princeton's WordNet
socketnoun
a bony hollow into which a structure fits
socketnoun
receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
socketnoun
a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
GCIDE
Socketnoun
(Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb.
Socketnoun
(Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to a ground for safety.
Wiktionary
socketnoun
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
socketnoun
A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
socketnoun
A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
Etymology: From soket, "spearhead" (diminutive of soc: plowshare), from soccus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Socketnoun
Etymology: souchette, French
Two goodly beacons set in watches stead,
Therein gave light, and flam’d continually;
For they of living fire most subtilly
Were made, and set in silver sockets bright. Fairy Queen.She at your flames would soon take fire,
And like a candle in the socket
Dissolve. Hudibras.The nightly virgin sees
When sparkling lamps their sputt’ring light advance,
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. Dryden.The stars amaz’d ran backward from the sight,
And, shrunk within their sockets, lost their light. Dryden.Two dire comets
In their own plague, and fire have breath’d their last,
Or dimly in their sinking sockets frown. Dryden.To nurse up the vital flame as long as the matter will last, is not always good husbandry; it is much better to cover it with an extinguisher of honour, than let it consume till it burns blue, and lies agonizing within the socket, and at length goes out in no perfume. Collier.
His eye-balls in their hollow sockets sink;
Bereft of sleep he loths his meat and drink;
He withers at his heart, and looks as wan
As the pale spectre of a murder’d man. Dryden.The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured; as in the five brethren of the rose, and sockets of gillyflowers. Francis Bacon.
Gomphosis is the connection of a tooth to its socket. Wise.
As the weight leans wholly upon the axis, the grating and rubbing of these axes against the sockets wherein they are placed, will cause some inaptitude and resistency to that rotation of the cylinder which would otherwise ensue. John Wilkins.
On either side the head produce an ear,
And sink a socket for the shining share. Dryden.
ChatGPT
socket
A socket refers to an endpoint in a network connection that is used for sending or receiving data. It is typically a combination of an IP address and a specific port number. In computing, it can also refer to a programming interface for network communication, or a physical interface for connecting peripherals or communication devices.
Webster Dictionary
Socketnoun
an opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth
Socketnoun
especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick
Etymology: [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
Wikidata
Socket
Socket is an independent sci-fi thriller directed by Sean Abley and produced by John Carrozza, Sean Abley, Matt Mishkoff and Doug Prinzivalli, starring Derek Long as Dr. Bill and Matthew Montgomery as Dr. Craig Murphy. It was released in 2007.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Socket
sok′et, n. a hollow into which something is inserted, the receptacle of the eye, &c.: a hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring: the hollow of a candlestick: a steel apparatus attached to the saddle to protect thighs and legs.—v.t. to provide with or place in a socket.—n. Sock′et-bolt, a bolt for passing through a thimble placed between the parts connected by the bolt.—p.adj. Sock′eted, provided with, placed in, or received in a socket. [A dim. of sock.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
socket
Generally means any hollow pipe that receives something inserted.
Editors Contribution
socket
A shape within the body of an animal or human where an element of the body connects.
We as humans and animals have eye sockets, hip sockets and arm sockets.
Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020
socket
A type of electrical connection created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
The socket for the plug was visible in the sitting room so the light was plugged in there.
Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of socket in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of socket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of socket in a Sentence
As you’re climbing and really putting a lot of pressure on your limbs … you push fluid out of the limb and then the socket is more loose than it was before because the limb has gotten smaller is size.
Dinosaurs are like modern-day birds, crocodiles and lizards in that they inherited particular joints in their skulls from fish ball and socket joints, much like peoples hip joints that seem to lend themselves, but not always, to movement like in snakes, when you put a lot of force on things, theresa tradeoff between movement and stability. Birds and lizards have more movement but less stability.
I basically have two myoelectric nodes that sit in the socket, and they’re able to pick up signals in what’s left of my arm.
I had my ankle injury and broke two ligaments, my foot kind of went out of its socket. I was trying to slide on a clay court at full speed, and it just got stuck. I was actually wearing a brace, and the next day the doctor told me if I hadn’t been, my bone would probably have been sticking out of my foot. It was excruciating.
The key difference for me has been the ability to wear this all day long, without any real sensitivity whatsoever on the end of my leg. It’s allowed me to participate in sports that I love for longer periods of time, previously I was playing one set of tennis and I would be all the way into my socket to the point where I was having a lot of sensitivity on the end of my bone.
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- قابس كهرباءArabic
- soket, patice, zdířkaCzech
- Steckdose, FassungGerman
- ρευματοδότης, φατνίο, πρίζα, κόγχηGreek
- enchufe, cuenca, toma corrienteSpanish
- پریزPersian
- istukka, pistorasia, kantaFinnish
- prise, douille, socket, orbiteFrench
- innstungaIcelandic
- presaItalian
- コンセントJapanese
- 콘센트Korean
- эм залгуурMongolian
- soketMalay
- kas, kom, fitting, stopcontactDutch
- gniazdo, gniazdkoPolish
- cavidade, soquete, tomadaPortuguese
- fasung, priză, soclu, dulieRomanian
- гнездо, глазница, разъём, розетка, сокетRussian
- utičnicaSerbo-Croatian
- päticaSlovak
- prizëAlbanian
- soketiSwahili
- plagTagalog
- fişTurkish
- гніздоUkrainian
- כאָלעלYiddish
- 插座Chinese
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