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Base

/beɪs/noun / verb / adjective
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At its core, a base is the fundamental bottom layer or support of something, like the foundation of a building or the starting point in a system; in modern contexts, it also refers to a chemical substance that can accept protons or donate electron pairs, playing a key role in reactions, or in math, the radix of a number system like base-10 for everyday counting.

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