What is the number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms called?
base — (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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