BASED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does based mean? 

• BASED (adjective)
  The adjective BASED has 2 senses:

1. having a base

2. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)

  Familiarity information: BASED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a base

Context example:

firmly based ice

Similar:

supported (held up or having the weight borne especially from below)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)

Context example:

carrier-based planes

Similar:

settled (established in a desired position or place; not moving about)

 Context examples 

The unit is based on the USA survey foot of 1200/3937 meters.

(Acre USA Survey, NCI Thesaurus)

A tricyclic acridine-based (or carboxamide-based) drug with dual topoisomerase inhibitor and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Acridine carboxamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Most radioactive decay-based methods are considered absolute.

(Absolute dating, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Based upon sequence analysis the AIM1 protein appears to be a member of the beta-gamma crystallin superfamily.

(Absent in Melanoma 1, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

A system used to group human blood into different types, based on the presence or absence of certain markers on the surface of red blood cells.

(ABO Blood Group, NCI Dictionary)

It is based on the belief that qi (the body's vital energy) flows along 20 meridians (channels) throughout the body and keeps a person's spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health in balance.

(Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, NCI Dictionary)

Bacteria is the usual etiologic agent, and the distinction between "acute" and "subacute" has traditionally been made based on the pathogenic organism and clinical presentation.

(Acute Endocarditis, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell-based vaccine comprised of prostate cancer cells transduced with an adenoviral vector encoding human RTVP-1 (AdRTVP-1), with potential antineoplastic and immunostimulating activities.

(AdRTVP-1-Transduced Prostate Cancer Cell-Based Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The cytokine GM-CSF enhances the immunogenicity of CA9-based DC vaccines.

(AdGMCAIX-transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

An assay based on Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity, which involves the killing of a target cell by a killer cell.

(ADCC Assay, NCI Thesaurus)