in a fundamental, essential or basic manner / mostly; generally; for the most part

(chemistry) Any nucleophylic compound that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.

The state of having invested heavily in just one area. / The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.

(chemistry) Any compound, of general formula Xⁿ⁺, which can be transformed into a conjugate acid HX⁽ⁿ⁺¹⁾⁺ by the gain of a proton.

A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation.

(intransitive) To make such a jump.

back to fundamental principles

(politics, chiefly Britain) A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.

plural of base

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of base