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basing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ˈbeɪsɪŋ/
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The storage or housing of something within a base.
Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment. 1937, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Reports, page 20:
In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves. 1989, Barbara Goss Levi, Mark Sakitt, The Future of Land Based-Strategic Missiles, page 174: