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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Basilar  \Bas"i*lar\,  Basilary  \Bas"i*la*ry\,  a.  [F.  basilaire 
  fr  L.  basis.  See  {Base},  n.] 
  1.  Relating  to  or  situated  at  the  base. 
 
  2.  Lower;  inferior;  applied  to  impulses  or  springs  of  action 
  [R.]  ``Basilar  instincts.''  --H.  W.  Beecher. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  basilar 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  located  at  the  base;  "the  basilar 
  membrane  of  the  cochlea"  [syn:  {basilary}] 




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