transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkər-n ə l ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cyrnel, diminutive of corn
Date: before 12th century
1. chiefly dialect : a fruit seed
2. : the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
3. : a whole seed of a cereal
a kernel of corn
4. : a central or essential part : germ
like many stereotypes…this one too contains some kernel s of truth — S. M. Lyman
5. : a subset of the elements of one set (as a group) that a function (as a homomorphism) maps onto an identity element of another set