Basic
['beɪsɪk] or ['besɪk]
Definition
(noun.) (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant.
(noun.) a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
(adj.) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base .
(adj.) serving as a base or starting point; 'a basic course in Russian'; 'basic training for raw recruits'; 'a set of basic tools'; 'an introductory art course' .
(adj.) pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; 'a basic fact'; 'the basic ingredients'; 'basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities' .
(adj.) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; 'a basic story line'; 'a canonical syllable pattern' .
Typed by Eddie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
(a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
(a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
(a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
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Examples
- And in the Model A Addressograph, we find the basic principle of the addressograph of today. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A battery embodying this basic principle will have features of great value where lightness and durability are desiderata. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And yet, this was her own basic feeling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Such a conception contradicts our basic idea that character and mind are attitudes of participative response in social affairs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The latter assumes continuity; the former state or imply certain basic divisions, separations, or antitheses, technically called dualisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We must not forget that the basic patent of Edison on the phonograph has long since expired, thus throwing open to the world the wonderful art of reproducing human speech and other sounds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The outline sketch will indicate the principal patents covering the basic features of the lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Education must take the being as he is; that a particular individual has just such and such an equipment of native activities is a basic fact. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Its basic features of operation as conceived by Edison remain unchanged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The largest part of gas manufacture, which has become so extensive, embodies the basic idea of the Lowe process. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Product, low phosphorus, Bessemer and basic, or high phosphorus machine-cast pig iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He knew what it was to be awake and potent in that other basic mind, the deepest physical mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It will be at once obvious that these words describe perfectly the basic principle of every modern phonograph or other talking-machine, irrespective of its manufacture or trade name. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No scheme of education can afford to neglect such basic considerations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Even in present-day societies, it furnishes the basic nurture of even the most insistently schooled youth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Trevor