Basic

Ba·sic

Basic

a.
  1. Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. (Chem.)
  2. Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. (Min.)

Phrases & Compounds
Basic salt
a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.

BASIC

n.
  1. an artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set. (Computers)