Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lowermost front strip or molding of a baseboard.
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- noun architecture The lowest projecting part of a
baseboard , apedestal or a similarconstruct . - noun mathematics A certain
subcollection of atopological space
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Examples
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To reduce these potential problems it requires a significant amount of subbase, detention, and underdrains to make sure the water is drained as fast as it infiltrates (and it infiltrates really, really quickly).
Holey Concrete: Pervious Paving Reduces Stormwater Run-off | Inhabitat 2009
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Type cold mix Width of traveled surface 20 '+ -, thickness _________, and subbase 3 crusher run cold mix, surface treat 1A limestone
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Type cold mix Width of traveled surface 20 '+ -, thickness __________, and subbase 3.5 crusher run cold mix, surface treat 1A limestone
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Type cold mix Width of traveled surface 20 '+ -, thickness _________, and subbase 3 crusher run cold mix, surface treat 1A limestone
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Type cold mix Width of traveled surface 20 '+ -, thickness __________, and subbase 3.5 crusher run cold mix, surface treat 1A limestone
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· In reasonably dry areas, with good drainage and low water tables: subbase of well compacted, clay-rich soil, covered by large sized gravel (to break capillary action), topped by small sized gravel and a layer of sand, the surface layer made of a silty soil, mixed with 5 % linseed oil and compacted with tamper or vibrator.
Chapter 4 1988
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We trudge through the poorly lit halls of a deep subbase-j ment.
Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985
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Very nice growth in the quarter, 3%, not less than 30% of your postpaid subbase have smartphone.
unknown title 2011
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"Basically they paved asphalt on dirt, with no gravel subbase."
The Seattle Times 2011
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I have a 'FG' w/top code which is typically the only surface I create inside my corridor, but also created a few other surfaces and added different codes (datum, subbase etc.) to compare volume entries.
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