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Webster 1913 Edition
Socket
1.
An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else;
as, the
. sockets
of the teethHis eyeballs in their hollow
sockets
sink. Dryden.
2.
Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
And in the
sockets
oily bubbles dance. Dryden.
Socket bolt
(Mach.)
, a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
– Socket chisel
. Same as
– Framing chisel
. See under Framing
. Socket pipe
, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.
– Socket pole
, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc.
[U.S.]
– Socket wrench
, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess.
Webster 1828 Edition
Socket
SOCK'ET
,Noun.
1.
The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.2.
Any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as the sockets of the teeth or of the eyes. his eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Gomphosis is the connection of a tooth to its socket.Definition 2024
socket
socket
English
An electrical socket.
Noun
socket (plural sockets)
- (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
- (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
- (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
- (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of socket
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Derived terms
- WebSocket
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Translations
mechanical opening
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hollow in a bone
computing interprocess communication channel
Verb
socket (third-person singular simple present sockets, present participle socketing, simple past and past participle socketed)
- To place or fit in a socket.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,
- Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,