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basal
(encz) | basal,bazální adj: [med.] web |
basal
(encz) | basal,základní adj: web |
Basal
(gcide) | Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
Relating to, or forming, the base.
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Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
or horizontal axis.
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basal
(wn) | basal
adj 1: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or
stem; especially arising directly from the root or
rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation";
"radical leaves" [syn: radical, basal] [ant:
cauline]
2: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base
coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base]
3: of primary importance [syn: basal, primary] |
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basalt
(mass) | basalt
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basal metabolism
(encz) | basal metabolism,bazální metabolizmus Zdeněk Brož |
basally
(encz) | basally,v podstatě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
basalt
(encz) | basalt,čedič n: [geol.] web |
basaltic
(encz) | basaltic,čedičový adj: [geol.] web |
stratum basale
(encz) | stratum basale, n: |
vena basalis
(encz) | vena basalis, n: |
Basal
(gcide) | Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
Relating to, or forming, the base.
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Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
or horizontal axis.
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Basal cleavage
(gcide) | Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
Relating to, or forming, the base.
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Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
or horizontal axis.
[1913 Webster]Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n.
1. The act of cleaving or splitting.
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2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized
substances of splitting readily in one or more definite
directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum,
affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of
the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of
a diamond. See Parting.
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3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[ae], like slate, with the
lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of
deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.
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Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal,
or to the plane of the lateral axes.
Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission.
See Segmentation.
Cubic cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.
Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane.
Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation.
Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
Octahedral cleavage, Dodecahedral cleavage, or
Rhombohedral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of an
octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron.
Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.
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Basal plane
(gcide) | Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
Relating to, or forming, the base.
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Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
or horizontal axis.
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Basal-nerved
(gcide) | Basal-nerved \Ba"sal-nerved`\, a. (Bot.)
Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
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Basalt
(gcide) | Basalt \Ba*salt"\, n. [L. basaltes (an African word), a dark and
hard species of marble found in Ethiopia: cf. F. basalte.]
1. (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and
triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic
iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine
frequently disseminated.
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Note: It is usually of a greenish black color, or of some
dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds
in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes
cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic
structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where
the columns are as regular as if the work of art. It is
a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best
materials for macadamizing roads.
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2. An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of
black porcelain.
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Basaltic
(gcide) | Basaltic \Ba*salt"ic\, a. [Cf. F. basaltique.]
Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as
basaltic lava.
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Basaltiform
(gcide) | Basaltiform \Ba*salt"i*form\, a. [Basalt + -form.]
In the form of basalt; columnar.
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Basaltoid
(gcide) | Basaltoid \Ba*salt"oid\, a. [Basalt + -oid.]
Formed like basalt; basaltiform.
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Subbasal
(gcide) | Subbasal \Sub*ba"sal\, a. (Zool.)
Near the base.
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basal body temperature
(wn) | basal body temperature
n 1: body temperature in the morning before rising or moving
about or eating anything [syn: basal body temperature,
basal temperature] |
basal body temperature method
(wn) | basal body temperature method
n 1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the
woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in
basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
[syn: basal body temperature method of family planning,
basal body temperature method] |
basal body temperature method of family planning
(wn) | basal body temperature method of family planning
n 1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the
woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in
basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
[syn: basal body temperature method of family planning,
basal body temperature method] |
basal ganglion
(wn) | basal ganglion
n 1: any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the
base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved
in the regulation of voluntary movement |
basal metabolic rate
(wn) | basal metabolic rate
n 1: the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a
resting state [syn: basal metabolic rate, BMR] |
basal metabolism
(wn) | basal metabolism
n 1: the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an
individual in a resting state |
basal placentation
(wn) | basal placentation
n 1: where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or
compound ovary |
basal temperature
(wn) | basal temperature
n 1: body temperature in the morning before rising or moving
about or eating anything [syn: basal body temperature,
basal temperature] |
basal vein
(wn) | basal vein
n 1: a large vein passing along the medial surface of the
temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
[syn: basal vein, vena basalis] |
basalt
(wn) | basalt
n 1: the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey
fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of
plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene |
basaltic
(wn) | basaltic
adj 1: of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma
is fluid" |
stratum basale
(wn) | stratum basale
n 1: the innermost layer of the epidermis [syn: {stratum
germinativum}, stratum basale, malpighian layer, {rete
Malpighii}] |
vena basalis
(wn) | vena basalis
n 1: a large vein passing along the medial surface of the
temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
[syn: basal vein, vena basalis] |
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