basing
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]basing
- present participle and gerund of base
Noun
[edit]basing (countable and uncountable, plural basings)
- The storage or housing of something within a base.
- 1937, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Reports, page 20:
- Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment.
- 1989, Barbara Goss Levi, Mark Sakitt, The Future of Land Based-Strategic Missiles, page 174:
- In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves.
Derived terms
[edit]Brunei Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare West Coast Bajau basing. Compare Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing) and Sundanese ᮘᮏᮤᮀ (bajing).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]basing
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Marshall, H. B. (1921 April) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society[1], volume 83, page 49
West Coast Bajau
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Brunei Malay basing. Compare Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing) and Sundanese ᮘᮏᮤᮀ (bajing).
Noun
[edit]basing
- squirrel (rodent)
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