base level

noun

, Geology.

1. the lowest level to which running water can erode the land.

base level

noun

1. the lowest level to which a land surface can be eroded by streams, which is, ultimately, sea level

Word History and Origins

Origin of base level¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

At its base level, an NFT, or nonfungible token, is simply a file type.

From Time

If the base level is deterministic and free of redundancy, it already provides an optimal description by the standards that Hoel sets out, and there is no emergence.

From Nautilus

After accounting for state and federal tax credits for purchases of battery-electric vehicles, the electric F-150 will likely be cheaper than the base level gas and hybrid versions.

From Singularity Hub 

These make at least a base level of knowledge around sustainability mainstream, mandatory.

From Time

Even at the base level RTX 3060, Nvidia claims to achieve more power than the PS5 or its own previous flagship card, the 2080 Super.

From Popular-Science

And, where those cannot be achieved, at least a base-level opposition to tyranny, reaction, religious fundamentalism, and so on.

From The Daily Beast

Such regions of faint relief, worn down to near base level by subaërial agencies, are known as peneplains (almost plains).

From Project Gutenberg

The small loop end will stick out below the spiral and prevent it standing on a base level.

From Project Gutenberg

The top and base level of each piece of wall had to be marked on it; and the levels could then be measured off to fixed points.

From Project Gutenberg

No definite degree of slope can be fixed upon as marking a base-level.

From Project Gutenberg

A peneplain, therefore, is a surface which has been brought toward, but not to base-level.

From Project Gutenberg