basic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Bas=ic
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

basic, a. 

•  Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.  [1913 Webster]
•  Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.  [1913 Webster]

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.

basic, n. 

 an artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set.
"Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer languages is simpler than writing in assembly language. See also programming language, FORTRAN."  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

basic, n. a computer programming language using familiar English words, designed for beginners and widely used on microcomputers.

Etymology

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

basic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 forming or serving as a base.
2 fundamental.
3 a simplest or lowest in level (basic pay; basic requirements). b vulgar (basic humour).
4 Chem. having the properties of or containing a base.
5 Geol. (of volcanic rocks etc.) having less than 50 per cent silica.
6 Metallurgy of or produced in a furnace etc. which is made of a basic material.
--n. (usu. in pl.) the fundamental facts or principles.

Idiom

basic dye a dye consisting of salts of organic bases. Basic English a simplified form of English limited to 850 selected words intended for international communication. basic industry an industry of fundamental economic importance. basic slag fertilizer containing phosphates formed as a by-product during steel manufacture. basic wage Austral. & NZ the minimum living wage, fixed by industrial tribunal.

Derivative

basically adv.

Etymology

BASE(1) + -IC

THESAURUS

basic

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