 |
|
|
|
English
|
French
|
|
|
fondamental
, principal
, essentiel
|
|
Definition & Synonyms
|
• Basic
- (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
- (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
- (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
- (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.
Synonyms:
Basal, Canonic, Introductory, Primary, Staple,
|
• Basic process
- () A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.
|
• Basicity
- (n.) The quality or state of being a base.
- (n.) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
|
|
|
| |
|
hand, hamper, gag, combatant, anaconda, educe, clothier, clothespin, clothed, cloth, furnish, closely, furious, ambidexter, elutriate, elusive, elude, flash point, elucidative, flash back, flares, flare-up, elucidate, excise, exchange, exceptional, eligible, pay, elfin, espial, enlightenment, enlighten, |
|
|
Nightingale, You, Love, Wait, Rim, Rime, I, Awesome, Waste, Go, Hello, Which, Forsake, Abbe, Abbreviation, Ravage, Humiliate, Abash, Chagrin, Degradation, Name, Abate, Abbreviate, Desert, Abbey, Abandon, Hang, Discomfit, Dangle, Abattoir, Opposite, Abandonment, |
|
|
 |