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BASEMENT COMPLEX

Specialty Definition: BASEMENT COMPLEX

DomainDefinition

Geography

Igneous and metamorphic rock lying underneath a sedimentary covering. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A series of rocks generally with complex structure beneath the dominantly sedimentary rocks. In many places, these are igneous and metamorphic rocks of either Early or Late Precambrian, but in some places these may be much younger, as Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or even Cenozoic. See also:complexSyn:fundamental complex. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BASEMENT COMPLEX

Language Translations for "BASEMENT COMPLEX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

grundfjeld (basal complex, basement, basement rock, bedrock, bed-rock, bur, burr, country rock, enclosing rock, fundamental complex, ledge, main bottom, native rock, partition rock, wall rock). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sokkel (supporting base). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

peruskallio (ground-rock). (various references)

   

French

  

socle (base), roche du socle (basal complex, basement, basement rock), roche de base (basal complex, basement, basement rock). (various references)

   

German

  

Basisfels (basal complex, basement, basement rock, fundamental complex), Sockelfels (basal complex, basement, basement rock, fundamental complex). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πέτρωμα υποβάθρου (basal complex, basement, basement rock, fundamental complex). (various references)

   

Italian

  

roccia di basamento (basal complex, basement, basement rock, fundamental complex). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asementbay omplexcay

   

Portuguese

  

soco (blow, bop, fib, jab, lunge, paste, patten, punch, sabot, sock, socle, stroke, supporting base, thump, wallop). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

basement (basal complex, basement, basement rock, fundamental complex), underlag (basis, bed, bedding, bolster, foundation, ground, Mount, substratum, support, underlay). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BASEMENT COMPLEX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-l-m-m-n-o-p-s-t-x"

-3 letters: emplacements.

-4 letters: compensable, complements, emplacement.

-5 letters: compensate, complement, complexest, elopements, emblements, escapement, expectable, opalescent, placements, solacement.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BASEMENT COMPLEX


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 53 45 4D 45 4E 54      43 4F 4D 50 4C 45 58

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01010011 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01001100 01000101 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#83 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#76 &#69 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0053 0045 004D 0045 004E 0054      0043 004F 004D 0050 004C 0045 0058

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3635533947394854237494750463958

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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