base
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From Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (basis).
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base (plural bases)
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; (Basis).
- A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
- Important areas in games and sports
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a transistor.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (cheerleading) A cheerleader who stays on the ground.
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- (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid): alkali
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foundation
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starting point
permanent structure for housing a military
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headquarters
chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
safe zone in children's game
lowermost part of a column
baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
colloquial term for a nucleotide
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end of a leaf,petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane of a 3D object
number raised to the power of an exponent (mathematics)
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to base (third-person singular simple present bases, present participle basing, simple past and past participle based)
- (transitive) To have as its foundation or starting point.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
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have as its foundation or starting point
be located
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From Old French bas from Late Latin bassus (“‘low’”).
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base (comparative baser or more base, superlative basest or most base)
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- low
- inferior
- of low standing or rank
- immoral, cowardly
- common
- nonprecious used to describe metals which are not precious; base metal
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- Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.
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low
inferior
immoral
nonprecious metal
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[edit] See also
- base jumper
- base jumping
Base on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Base in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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- base in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- base in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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base f. (plural basen, no diminutive)
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- “base” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
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base f. (plural bases)
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base f. (plural basi)
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base f. (plural bases)
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