basing

The storage or housing of something within a base.

Noun

  1. 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...
    • 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...

Forms

basings

Derived

L-basing nonbasing

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of base