socle

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• zocco, zocle

Origin

• From French socle, from Italian zoccolo ("wooden shoe"), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus. zoccolo.