basal
[ˈbeɪsəɫ]US[ˈbeɪzəɫ]
basal adjective: basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
Adjective
basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)
- Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- This is the basal idea.
- The organism needs more energy on basal maintenance.
- Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
- In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.
- Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
- a basal diet
- In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
- Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.
- A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.
Noun
basal (plural basals)
basal meaning in Tamil
basal in Tamil
- அடிப்படை, அடிக்குரிய, அடித்தள, அடித்தளத்தருகில், அடிப்பகுதி அருகில், மூளையாடிச் சிரை
Examples of basal in a sentence
- The latter includes a basal disc and a tiny periderm beaker enveloping the pedal region.
- Germarium and vitellarium are distinct and the latter contains one or two small, immature basal oocytes.
- Thus, in the basal groups of Hymenoptera the metaphragma can vary from absent to well developed.
Synonyms of basal
Forms of basal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more basal |
| superlative | most basal |
| Noun | |
| plural | basals |
Origin of basal
From base + -al.
Words formed from basal
- adbasal
- anterobasal
- apicobasal
- basal amniote
- basal body
- basal bristle
- basal cell
- basal cell carcinoma
- basal dicot
- basal ganglion
- basality
- basal lamina
- basal layer
- basally
- basal medium
- basal metabolic rate
- basal metabolism
- basalmost
- basaloid
- basal reader
- basal tomentum
- basal tubercle
- basal wall
- bibasal
- condylobasal
- corticobasal
- dibasal
- dorsobasal
- hypobasal
- inferobasal
- laterobasal
- mediobasal
- mesiobasal
- mesobasal
- midbasal
- nasobasal
- neurobasal
- nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome
- nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
- nonbasal
- palatobasal
- parabasal
- peribasal
- polybasal
- posterobasal
- prebasal
- probasal
- proximobasal
- subbasal
- suprabasal
- temporobasal
- transbasal
- tribasal
- unibasal
- ventrobasal
Phrases with basal
- basal cells
- basal media
- basal bodies
- basal dicots
- basal layers
- basal ganglia
- basal laminae
- basal laminas
- basal tomenta
- basal bristles
- basal tubercles
- basal cell carcinomas
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Words that rhyme with basal
Questions about basal
- What does basal mean?
- Basal means basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- What is basal in Tamil?
- Basal in Tamil is அடிப்படை, அடிக்குரிய, அடித்தள. See Basal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is basal?
- Basal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce basal?
- Basal is pronounced [ˈbeɪsəɫ] (UK).
Words near basal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: basal (page history and authors); basal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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