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Basiret
Basiret (Basîret; بصيرت) was an Ottoman Turkish newspaper published in Istanbul by Basiretçi Ali Efendi from 1870 to 1878, and briefly after 1908, becoming one of the late Ottoman press's most widely read publications.
Basis (linear algebra)
A basis of a vector space is a linearly independent set that spans it, letting every vector be written uniquely as a combination of basis vectors.
Basis point
A basis point (bp), or per ten thousand, is a finance unit equal to 0.01% of a percentage point, used to quote bond yields, spreads, and fund fees.
Basis pursuit
Basis pursuit is an optimization principle for sparse signal recovery, selecting the smallest ℓ1-norm solution to Ax = b, solvable as a linear program; Chen, Donoho, and Saunders introduced it in 1998.
Basis set (chemistry)
A basis set in chemistry is a set of mathematical functions, resembling atomic orbitals, combined to build the molecular orbitals used in quantum chemical calculations.
Basis set extrapolation
Basis set extrapolation is the estimation of the complete-basis-set limit of a quantum-chemical calculation from finite basis sets of increasing size, a low-cost route to high accuracy.
Basis swap
A basis swap is an interest rate swap in which both legs float, exchanging payments on two different reference rates with one quoted as a spread over the other.
Basivertebral nerve ablation
Basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to destroy the basivertebral nerve inside vertebrae, treating chronic vertebrogenic low back pain.
Baska
Baśka (Baszka), Kashubian four-player trick-taking card game of the Schafkopf group, played in Pomerania since the 19th century with 16 cards, 12 trumps, black-Queen partnerships, and a four-Queen top bid.
Baška Aquarium
Baška Aquarium (Akvarij Baška) is a small marine aquarium and shell collection in Baška on Krk island, Croatia: 21 tanks, 35 m³ of seawater, over 100 Adriatic fish species, about 400 shell and snail species, open April–October.
Baskak system
The baskak system was the Golden Horde's rule over the Russian principalities from the mid-13th century through resident officials, the baskaks, who collected tribute, took censuses, and commanded military detachments until the 14th century.
Baskakeren
Baskakeren was a king of Kush of the Napatan period, assigned a reign of 405 to 404 BC and burial in pyramid Nu. 17 at Nuri, Sudan.
Baskerville
Baskerville is a Transitional serif typeface created in the 1750s by Birmingham printer John Baskerville, first used in his 1757 Virgil; known for vertical stress, high stroke contrast, and revivals from Monotype, Libre Baskerville, and Baskerville Punch.
Basket
Basket: a container woven from plant materials such as wicker, cane, bamboo, straw, roots, or splints using coiling, twining, or plaiting; used for carrying, storage, and cultural expression worldwide.
Basket Case (film)
Basket Case (1982) is Frank Henenlotter's $35,000 16mm horror comedy about Duane Bradley and his basket-dwelling deformed twin Belial seeking revenge on the doctors who separated them; a midnight movie hit that spawned two sequels.
Basket Case (song)
Basket Case, 1994 Green Day song from Dookie, second single, written by Billie Joe Armstrong about panic attacks; UK peak 55 then 7 on reissue, US Modern Rock #1, over 1.66 billion Spotify streams.
Basket cell
Basket cell: GABAergic inhibitory interneuron forming basket-like axon terminals around pyramidal cell somata and proximal dendrites; two classes, fast-spiking parvalbumin and regular-spiking CCK basket cells, controlling principal cell output and oscillations.
Basket of deplorables
Basket of deplorables is Hillary Clinton's September 9, 2016 fundraiser phrase describing half of Trump supporters; retracted, made into a Trump ad, and adopted by supporters as a badge.
Basket trial
A basket trial is a clinical trial design that enrolls patients with different cancer types sharing one molecular alteration, such as a gene mutation, and treats them all with one targeted therapy.
Basket weaving
Basket weaving is the hand interlacing of plant materials such as reeds, grasses, bark, and roots into containers, mats, and other objects, using three basic techniques: coiling, twining, and plaiting.
Basket-hilted sword
The basket-hilted sword, also called the basket hilt broadsword, is an early modern sword whose basket-shaped guard encloses the hand, most associated with 17th- and 18th-century Scotland.
Basketball
Basketball, invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts in December 1891, is a team court sport governed internationally by FIBA; NBA and FIBA rules differ in game length, three-point distance, and defensive three seconds.
Basketball (ball)
Basketball (ball): the inflated spherical ball used in basketball, standardized by FIBA as size 7 (750-770 mm, 580-620 g) for men and size 6 for women; bladder, winding, and leather, composite, or rubber covers.
Basketball Association of America
Basketball Association of America (BAA), 1946-1949 professional basketball league founded June 6, 1946 at New York's Commodore Hotel with 11 teams; merged with the NBL on August 3, 1949 to form the NBA, which counts 1946 as its founding date.
Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the first open to NBA professionals, won by the United States "Dream Team" (Jordan, Magic, Bird) 8–0, beating Croatia 117–85 in the final; average margin just under 44 points.
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2004 Athens Olympics: Argentina won men's gold (MVP Ginobili), Italy silver, USA bronze after losses to Puerto Rico, Lithuania, and Argentina; US women won gold.
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Men's 12-team Olympic basketball tournament, Athens, 13–29 August 2004. Argentina won its first gold, beating the USA 89-81 in the semifinal and Italy 84-69 in the final; Ginóbili was MVP; the US took bronze.
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: two 12-team tournaments at the Wukesong Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, 9–24 August 2008. The US Redeem Team beat Spain 118–107 for men's gold; US women won a fourth straight title.
Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2012 London Olympics: 12-team men's and women's FIBA tournaments, 28 July to 12 August. USA won both golds, beating Spain 107-100 in the men's final; Spain and Russia took men's silver and bronze.
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2016 Rio Olympics: two 12-team tournaments at Carioca Arena 1. USA men beat Serbia 96-66 for a third straight gold; USA women beat Spain 101-72 for a sixth.