Basecoat
a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
any coat of plastering beneath the finish coat.
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any of several masses of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere. Historical Examples Thus the cerebellum and basal ganglia are a little smaller in men than in women, compared with the cerebral hemispheres. The Sexual Question August Forel plural noun the thalamus together with other closely related masses of grey matter, situated near the base […]
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base deficit base deficit n. A decrease in the total concentration of bicarbonate indicative of metabolic acidosis or of compensated respiratory alkalosis.
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a department store operated under government supervision at an air base. Abbreviation: BX.
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