The enterprise was abandoned. Farther to the left, a portion of the 6th Corps carried the first line of the Confederate entrenchments, and captured 900 prisoners and several guns. Then the first day's real battle at Spotsylvania Courthouse was ended.
Base (mathematics) In mathematics, a base or radix is the number of different digits or combination of digits and letters that a system of counting uses to represent numbers. For example, the most common base used today is the decimal system. Because dec means 10, it uses the 10 digits from 0 to 9.
Base Definition: A base is a chemical species that donates electrons or hydroxide ions or that accepts protons.Types of Bases: Arrhenius base, Bronsted-Lowry base, Lewis base. By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Return to the Chemistry Glossary Index.ase Definition: A base is a chemical species that donates electrons or hydroxide ions or that accepts protons.