basing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/
Noun
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.
- 1937, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Reports (page 20)
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Compare West Coast Bajau basing. Compare Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing) and Sundanese ᮘᮏᮤᮀ (bajing).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basiŋ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧sing
Synonyms
West Coast Bajau
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