Random Aeronautical Term
Base
In mathematics, used to refer to a particular mathematical object that is used as a building block. A base-a system is one that uses a as a new unit from which point counting starts again. (See decimal system.) In the mathematical expression an, read as “a to the nth power,” a is the base.
[Source: FAA-H-8083-30B AMT General Handbook]
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