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subbase
[ suhb-beys ]
/ ˈsʌbˌbeɪs /
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noun
Architecture. the lowest part of a base, as of a column, that consists of two or more horizontal members.
Mathematics. a collection of subsets of a topological space having the property that every open set of a given topology can be written as the union of intersections of finite numbers of sets in the collection.Compare base1 (def. 14b).
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sub·ba·sal, adjectiveWords nearby subbase
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