Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''.
Science
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Basal (anatomy)
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to describe unambiguously the anatomy of humans and other animals. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position prov ...
, an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure
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Basal (medicine)
This glossary of medical terms is a list of definitions about medicine, its sub-disciplines, and related fields.
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* Aarskog–Scott syndrome – (AAS) A rare, inherited (X-linked) disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, ...
, a minimal level that is necessary for health or life, such as a minimum insulin dose
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the ''base'' (or root) of a phylogenetic tree#Rooted tree, rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram. The term may be more strictly applied only to nodes adjacent to the root, or more loosely applied to nodes ...
, a relative position in a phylogenetic tree closer to the root
Places
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Basal, Hungary
Basal () is a village in Baranya county, Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the e ...
, a village in Hungary
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Basal, Pakistan
Basal () is a village in Jand Tehsil of Attock district in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
The village is prominent for having stations of Pakistan Railways
Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 18 ...
, a village in the Attock District
Other
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Basal plate (disambiguation) Basal plate may refer to:
* Basal plate (neural tube), the region of the neural tube ventral to the sulcus limitans
* Basal plate (placenta), between this plate and the uterine muscular fibres are the stratum spongiosum and the boundary layer
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Basal sliding
Basal sliding is the act of a glacier sliding over the bed due to meltwater under the ice acting as a lubricant. This movement very much depends on the temperature of the area, the slope of the glacier, the bed roughness, the amount of meltwater f ...
, the act of a glacier sliding over the bed before it due to meltwater increasing the water pressure underneath the glacier causing it to be lifted from its bed
* Basal conglomerate, see
conglomerate (geology)
Conglomerate () is a sedimentary rock made up of rounded gravel-sized pieces of rock surrounded by finer-grained sediments (such as sand, silt, or clay). The larger fragments within conglomerate are called clasts, while the finer sediment surro ...
See also
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Basel (disambiguation)
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Basil (disambiguation)
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