Base
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Base or BASE may refer to:
Mathematics
- Base (geometry), a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle) or face of a solid
- Base (group theory), a sequence of distinct elements of a set
- Base (exponentiation), the number b in an expression of the form bn, also the base of logarithms
- Base (topology), a topological space
- Radix or base, the number of distinct digits in a positional numeral system
Science and technology
- Base (chemistry), a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons)
- Beta-alumina solid electrolyte, a fast ion conductor material
- Base of the heart, a portion of the heart opposite the apex of the heart
- An attribute to medication in uncombined form, for example erythromycin base
- Base pair, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands
- Nucleobase, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs
- Base, one of the three terminals of a Bipolar junction transistor
Computing
- BASE (search engine), Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
- Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency (BASE), a consistency model
- Google Base, an online database provided by Google
- OpenOffice Base, OpenOffice.org's database module, also known as ooBase
- LibreOffice Base, LibreOffice's database module
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, an HTML element
Companies
- Base FX, a visual effects and animation company founded in 2006 with studios in Beijing, Wuxi and Xiamen, China.
People with the surname
- Rob Base, American rapper
Other uses
- Base (baseball), the first, second, and third base on a baseball diamond
- Base (company), an international design, communications, audiovisual, copywriting and publishing firm
- Base (politics), a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates
- Base, Maharashtra, village in India
- BASE (mobile), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator
- Cooking base, a concentrated flavouring compound
- Binder (material), a material that holds paint or other materials together
- Foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face
- Foundation (architecture), the lowest and supporting layer of a structure
- Military base, or non-military base, which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel
- Pedestal, a supporting feature of a statue or other item
- Budapest Aircraft Services' callsign
- Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute
- Backward Society Education, a Nepali non-governmental organization.
- Base and superstructure (Marxism)
- BASE jumping
- Base, a position in some cheerleading stunts
- Base in heraldry: the lower part of the shield
- Base (EP), an album by South Korean singer Kim Jonghyun
See also
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Base. |
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