Thesaurus: basic

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1. a. Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
2. 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.
3. a. Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
4. a. Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
5. n. 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
6. adj. pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
7. adj. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
8. adj. serving as a base or starting point
9. adj. of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
10. n. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
11. 1. (Chem.) (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. (b) 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. (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper. 2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.
12. Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively lowpercentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formedfrom a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogenby a negative or acid element or radical.