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ba⋅sin

  [bey-suhn]
–noun
1. a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing.
2. any container of similar shape, as the pan of a balance.
3. the quantity held by such a container: We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture.
4. a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.
5. a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored: a yacht basin.
6. Geology. an area in which the strata dip from the margins toward a common center.
7. Physical Geography.
a. a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land: river basin.
b. drainage basin.
8. Botany. the depression in an apple, pear, or other pome at the end opposite the stem.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME bacin < OF < LL bac(c)īnum (bacc(a) water vessel, back 3 + -īnum -ine 1 ); perh. further related in Latin to beaker

Related forms:
ba⋅sin⋅al, adjective
basined, adjective
ba⋅sin⋅like, adjective
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ba·sin   (bā'sĭn)   
n.  

    1. An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.

    2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.

    3. An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.

    4. A small enclosed or partly enclosed body of water.

    5. A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

    6. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

  2. A washbowl; a sink.

    1. An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.

    2. A small enclosed or partly enclosed body of water.

    3. A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

    4. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

  4. A region drained by a single river system: the Amazon basin.

  5. Geology

    1. A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

    2. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.


[Middle English, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccīnum, from *baccus, container, of Celtic origin.]
ba'sin·al adj., ba'sined (-sĭnd) adj.
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Word Origin & History

basin 
c.1220, from O.Fr. bacin, from V.L. *baccinum, from L. bacca "water vessel," perhaps originally Gaulish. Meaning "large-scale artificial water-holding landscape feature" is from 1712. Geological sense of "tract of country drained by one river or draining into one sea" is from 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ba·sin
Pronunciation: 'bAs-&n
Function: noun
1 : an open usually circular vessel with sloping or curving sides usedtypically for holding water for washing
2 : the quantity contained in a basin
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
basin   (bā'sĭn)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A region drained by a river and its tributaries.

  2. A low-lying area on the Earth's surface in which thick layers of sediment have accumulated. Some basins are bowl-shaped while others are elongate. Basins form through tectonic processes, especially in fault-bordered intermontane areas or in areas where the Earth's crust has warped downwards. They are often a source of valuable oil.

  3. An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.


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