what does basin mean?

Question

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Answer 1

There are few meanings of Basin
1 Medical term- An emesis basin is a specific type of basin used for hand wash.
2 A drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean.

3Oceanic basin, anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater

4 Wash basin, a bowl (vessel) designed to contain water for the purpose of cleaning hands and other minor ablutions; see also sink

5 Basin, or dock (maritime), used for the reception of boats, in which the water level is maintained; also called a tidal basin or canal basin

Answer 2

ba·sin (bsn)
n.
1.
a. An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.
b. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
2. A washbowl; a sink.
3.
a. An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.
b. A small enclosed or partly enclosed body of water.
4. A region drained by a single river system: the Amazon basin.
5. Geology
a. A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.
b. A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/basin

Answer 3

Basin may mean:

Drainage basin, a hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water
Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world.
Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas
Structural basin, in geology, referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying bedrock in a region
Depression (geology), a landform lower than the surrounding area, such as the Kalahari Basin
Oceanic basin, anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater
A downdropped fault block, or graben, which fill with sediments
Wash basin, a bowl (vessel) designed to contain water for the purpose of cleaning hands and other minor ablutions; see also sink
An emesis basin is a specific type of basin
Pudding basin, a kitchen utensil of a rounded internal form and wider at its open top
Basin, or dock (maritime), used for the reception of boats, in which the water level is maintained; also called a tidal basin or canal basin
Basin of attraction, in the mathematics of nonlinear systems
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Answer 4

ba·sin /ˈbeɪsən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bey-suhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing.
2. any container of similar shape, as the pan of a balance.
3. the quantity held by such a container: We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture.
4. a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.
5. a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored: a yacht basin.
6. Geology. an area in which the strata dip from the margins toward a common center.
7. Physical Geography. a. a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land: river basin.
b. drainage basin.

8. Botany. the depression in an apple, pear, or other pome at the end opposite the stem.


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[Origin: 1175–1225; ME bacin < OF < LL bac(c)Ä«num (bacc(a) water vessel, back3 + -Ä«num -ine1); perh. further related in Latin to beaker]

Answer 5

it can mean many things e.g a round vessel for liquids or preparing food in, or a wash basin were clothes is wash it can also refer to a round valley or an area that is drain by the river

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The way to enter in the Kiel canal or Panama canal for the ships which is to be filled in or drained out mechanically to bring yhe ship in or out

Answer 8

look it up on google. Do your own work.