Basic a. : Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

Basic a. : Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

Basic a. : Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

Basic a. : Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.

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Defination from the web:
BASIC was designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, USA to provide computer access to non-science students. ... Initially, BASIC concentrated on supporting straightforward mathematical work, with matrix arithmetic ...