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～ the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
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～ a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
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～ the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
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～ a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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～ a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
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～ (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
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～ (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
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～ 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 and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
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～ the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
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～ 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
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～ lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
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～ (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
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～ a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
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～ installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
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～ a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
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～ the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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～ (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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～ the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
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～ 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"
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～ the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"