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Same as basipodite.
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The foundation of anything; that on which a thing stands or on which anything is reared; a foundation, groundwork, or supporting principle: now most commonly used of immaterial things.
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In architecture, same as base, 3.
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A pedestal.
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The principal constituent of a compound; a fundamental ingredient.
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Milit., same as base, 15
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. In crystallography and petrography, same as basal plane (which see, under basal).
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In botany and conchology, same as base, 4.
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[NL.] In anatomy, the base; the fundamental or basilar part of anything: as, basis cranii, the base of the skull.
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In prosody, a trochee or its substitute preceding the dactyls of a logaœdic series.