base

Noun

base (plural bases)

1. foundation
2. starting point
3. (architecture), the lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement
4. (geometry) the lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron
5. a chemical compound that will neutralize an acid by donating electrons (NOTE: this is a circular definition, somebody please clear this up.)
6. a permanent structure for housing a military
7. headquarters, the place where decisions for an organization are made
8. (biology), (biochemistry) a nucleotide"s nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer
9. (baseball) one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
10. A safe zone in the children"s games of tag and hide-and-go-seek
11. The name of the controlling terminal of a transistor.

Synonyms:

• (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid): alkali

Antonyms:

• (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid): [[acid]]

4 letters in word "base": A B E S.

Anagrams of base:

• sabe

Words found within base:

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• Definitions:
• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides ... installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" foundation: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" floor: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" basis: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" basis: the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end basal: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" al-Qaeda: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" root: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" infrastructure: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" establish: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" free-base: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" illegitimate station: assign to a station (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
• In mathematical numeral systems, the base or radix is usually the number of various unique digits, including zero, that a positional numeral system uses to represent numbers. ...
• Base (Hiro Sokuto) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Genetix #1.
• BASE is one of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators. It competes with Proximus, owned by Belgacom; and Mobistar, owned by Orange SA. It is a subsidiary of the former Dutch PTT, KPN.
• The base of any geometric figure is (for polygons) any side that you wish to measure from or (for polyhedra) any face that you wish to measure (or measure from). Bases are most commonly used in geometric formulae for area and volume. It is most commonly represented by the variable
• In politics, the term base refers to a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office. Base voters are very unlikely to vote for the candidate of an opposing party, regardless of the specific views each candidate holds. ...
• In mathematics, a base (or basis) B for a topological space X with topology T is a collection of open sets in T such that every open set in T can be written as a union of elements of B. We say that the base generates the topology T. ...
• In chemistry, a base is most commonly thought of as a substance that can accept protons. This refers to the Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids and bases. Alternate definitions of bases include electron pair donors (Lewis), and as sources of hydroxide anions (Arrhenius). ...
• A column in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. Other compression members are often termed columns because of the similar stress conditions. ...
• Let be a finite permutation group acting on a set . A sequence
• The lower part of a shield. Specifically, the width of a bar parted off from the lower part of the shield by a line horizontally drawn. (Sometimes called basc-bar, baste and plain point.)
• bottom portion of lower lobes of the lung, located just above the diaphragm.
• area on the dice table where the majority of bets are made and paid.
• Is the sample, population or value from which percentages are derived in a survey report.
• A segment of the DNA (and RNA) molecules. The four bases that comprise DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T).
• One of five compounds--adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil--that form the genetic code in DNA and RNA.
• A substance which dissociates (separates) in aqueous solution to yield hydroxyl ions, or one containing hydroxyl ions (OH-) which reacts with an acid to form a salt or which may react with metal to form a precipitate.
• A substance that has a pH of less than 7, base has less free hydrogen ions
• A substance that accepts hydrogen ions. Any compound that produces hydroxide ions (OH-) in water thereby raising the pH of water to a value above 7.
• support for photographic emulsions. Available in a choice of materials, including paper, cellulose, triacetate, glass and estar.
• The bottom of the mountain where the lodge is situated, or the average depth of snow on a mountain
• A substance that, when added to water, reduces the concentration of hydrogen ions (raises the pH).
• Home depot of container or trailer.
• A substance that releases OH- ions when dissolved in water
• Stabilizing body of a lamp constructed from various materials such as metal, brass, porcelain, resin or wood.
• a substance that produces hydroxide, OH - ions in aqueous solution (Arrhenius definition; a proton, H + , acceptor `(Brønsted-Lowry definition)
• The core around which a freefall formation of skydivers is built; can be a single person or a group of people, depending on the shape of the formation and the number of skydivers involved.
• The person in the stunt who remains in contact with the floor, lifting a flyer into a stunt.
• the material woven (such as paper, woven cotton, glass fabric or glass fiber mat, felted asbestos, aramid fibers, graphite, and nylon fabrics) in the form of sheets or rolls which can be impregnated with resin to form laminated plastics.
• A solution that has a pH greater than 7; capable of reducing the amount of acid in a substance
• A concept from Marxism that refers to the mode of production of a society: the social and technical organization of its economy. Karl Marx argued that it is upon this base that the superstructure of the society - its institutions and culture - are built. ...
• the part of a projection, (commonly a fin), which is connected to the body
• A component of nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA. The four bases found in DNA are represented by A, T, G, and C, which have the ability to base pair.
• A substance that may have a bitter taste, feels soapy, and neutralizes acids.
• Part of a nucleotide, which is the building block of DNA. The four bases are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (S) and thymine (T). One of the key features of DNA is that adenine always bonds with thymine, while guanine always bonds with cytosine. ...

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