basal

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From base +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪsəɫ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪzəɫ]
• Rhymes: -eɪsəl, -eɪzəl

Adjective

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

   This is the basal idea.

   The organism needs more energy on basal maintenance.

   A basal reader is a kind of book that is used to teach reading.

2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

   In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.

3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

   a basal diet

4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

   Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.

   A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.

Synonyms

• basilar

Derived terms

• basal medium
• basal metabolism
• basal reader
• midbasal
• prebasal

 

Translations

relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin

• Bulgarian: основен (bg) (osnoven), фундаментален (bg) (fundamentalen)
• Catalan: basal (ca)
• Czech: základní (cs), bazální (cs)
• Hungarian: alapvető (hu)
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• Ido: bazala (io)
• Romanian: de bază, bazal, fundamental (ro)
• Spanish: basal (es)

associated with the base of an organism or structure

• German: basal (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: alapi (hu), bazális (hu)

of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier

• Finnish: basaalinen, basaali
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: bazális (hu)

Noun

basal (plural basals) Template:Wikipedia

1. base, bottom, minimum
2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, albas, baals, balas, balsa, blaas, laabs, sabal

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French

Adjective

basal (feminine basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

1. basal

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

basal (comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

1. basal

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Maltese

Noun

basal m

1. collective form of basla

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈsal/ [baˈsal]

Adjective

basal m or f (masculine and feminine plural basales)

1. basal

Derived terms

• cuerpo basal

 

Related terms

• base

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001