the bottom of something, esp a support or foundation
the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature
a side or face of a geometrical figure on which it is regarded as standing
that part of an organ by which it is attached to another structure nearer the centre of a living organism
the fundamental part of something; a basis on which other activities or institutions depend
a financial base
a centre from which a start is made in an activity or from which operations proceed
a line in a survey which serves as the origin for statistical calculations
the locality or installations on which a military force relies for supplies or from which it starts operations
the number with reference to which a number system is constructed
a number with reference to which logarithms are computed
= root1 (4)
a main ingredient
a supporting or carrying ingredient
the starting place or goal in various games
any of the stations at each of the four corners of the inner part of a baseball field to which a batter must run in turn in order to score a run
the middle region of a transistor between the emitter and the collector
any of various typically water-soluble and acrid or salty-tasting chemical compounds that are capable of taking up a hydrogen ion from or donating an unshared pair of electrons to an acid to form a salt: compare alkali, acid2
= base component