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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • common
  • immoral, cowardly
  • inferior
  • low
  • nonprecious used to describe metals which are not precious; base metal
  • of low standing or rank

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Noun:

  • A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
  • architecture The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
  • baseball One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
  • biochemistry A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
  • botany The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  • cheerleading A cheerleader who stays on the ground.
  • chemistry Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
  • electronics The name of the controlling terminal of a transistor.
  • geometry The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
  • Important areas in games and sports
  • mathematics A number raised to the power of an exponent.
  • Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
  • The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  • The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; ''(Basis)''.
  • topology A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
  • topology The set of sets from which a topology is generated.

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Verb:

  • transitive To be located (at a particular place).
  • transitive To have as its foundation or starting point.

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