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Acetate Base: Non-inflammable base support for film emulsions which replaced the highly inflammable cellulose nitrate base.

Money Base: Composed of currency and coins outside the banking system plus liabilities to the deposit money banks.

Nitrate Base: Was an early flexible film support which was highly inflammable.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Relaxation techniques, meditation, and easy stretching exercises are combined to allow the client to become mindful in order to access inner sources of power. By being fully mindful and awak . . . View Full Definition

Megabase (MB): Unit of length for dna fragments equal to 1 million nucleotides and roughly equal to 1 cm.

Lead Acetate: Crystalline, highly poisonous powder used in some toning and intensifying solutions.

Left On Base: Runners stranded on base after three outs.

Nitrogenous Base: A nitrogen-containing molecule having the chemical properties of a base. Dna contains the nitrogenous bases adenine (a), guanine (g), cytosine (c), and thymine (t).

Nucleotide Base: A heterocyclic nitrogen-containing base that is a constituent of nucleotides. Examples are adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil, and cytosine.

Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS): A computer-based system used by USDA’s meat and poultry inspection agency, the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organizes inspection requirements, schedules inspection activiti . . . View Full Definition