👉 In the context of mathematics, a "socle" is a particular type of geometric shape that is commonly used in topology and algebraic geometry. A socle is defined as an abstract object or set of objects that are closed under certain operations such as union and intersection but not necessarily under the operations of taking unions and intersections. For example, consider the following set: {a, b, c, d}. The socle of this set is the set of all elements that are either a,