Base 4011 225767088 2008-07-15T08:51:30Z Tassedethe 7098284 link repair ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery|You can help!]]), edit syle, 1 blue link per line {{wiktionarypar|base}} '''Base''' or '''BASE''' may refer to: * ''Base'' meaning [[bottom]], the lowest part of an object * [[wikt:base|Base]] can mean negative, unfavorable or undesirable in nature. Bad; vile; malicious; evil. In '''mathematics''': *[[Base (mathematics)]], the number ''b'' in an expression of the form ''b''<sup>''n''</sup>, hence also the number of digits (known also as the ''[[radix]]'') in a positional numeral system, for example, ''base 10'' *[[Base (topology)]], a topological space *[[Base (group theory)]] *One of the sides of a trapezoid or [[triangle]] In the '''sciences''': *[[Base (chemistry)]], a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons) *[[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 In other fields: *[[Base (politics)]], a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates *[[Base (baseball)]], the 3 canvas bags and home plate *[[Military base]], or non-military base, which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel *[[Cooking base]], a concentrated flavouring compound *[[Bipolar junction transistor]], Base Switch that controls current in a transistor *[[Beta-alumina solid electrolyte]], a fast ion conductor material used as a membrane in several types of molten salt electrochemical cells '''Base''' may also refer to: *[[Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer]], an audio signal processor used in the early 1990s *[[Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute]] *[[BASE (search engine)]], Bielefeld Academic Search Engine *Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, an organization under the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] *[[BASE jumping]] *[[BASE (mobile)]], a Belgium mobile telecommunications operator *[[Google Base]], an online database provided by Google *[[OpenOffice.org Base]], OpenOffice.org's database module *[[Budapest Aircraft Services]], an airline based in Budapest, Hungary *One of three connections on a [[transistor]] *The [[binder (material)|binder]] which holds paint or other materials together *The bottom of a building or other structure, often a [[foundation (architecture)|foundation]] *A part of some types of [[column]], below the shaft *A [[pedestal]], supporting a statue or other item *A lifter in a [[cheerleading]] stunt *A slang term for the drug [[amphetamine]] *part of the Marxist theory of [[Base and superstructure (Marxism)|Base and superstructure]] *A series of [[Baseball metaphors for sex|baseball-derived euphemisms]] for sexual activity ==See also== *[[Basic]] *[[Basis]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{disambig}} [[ca:Base]] [[de:Base]] [[es:Base]] [[fr:Base]] [[gl:Base]] [[he:בסיס]] [[lv:bāze]] [[nl:Base]] [[ja:基地]] [[pt:Base]] [[sk:Báza]] [[cs:Báze]] [[sl:Baza]] [[th:เบส]]