Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
base mat
English answer:
a large slab usually of reinforced concrete used as the supporting base of a building
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Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Jul 27, 2016 21:25
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Türkiye
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani 
The Best or Nothing
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi), and 1 more.
base mat
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Science
Geology
For approximately the same epicentral distance and distance from fault rupture (about 200 km), the base mat motions recorded at the two plants, Fukushima Daiichi and Daini (only 10 km apart), are significantly different.
This is sometimes written as basemat. There are many instances of base mat on TEPCO's website.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/08052202-e....
You can also use Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=basemat definition&oq=basema...
This is sometimes written as basemat. There are many instances of base mat on TEPCO's website.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/08052202-e....
You can also use Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=basemat definition&oq=basema...
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Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Estonia
Works in field
Estonia
19 years of biomedical translation
Native in: Estonian 
Works in: English to Estonian, Estonian to English
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a large slab usually of reinforced concrete used as the supporting base of a building
Or *you* can use google:p
3rd meaning in Merriam-Webster.
And tons of other Google results.
3rd meaning in Merriam-Webster.
And tons of other Google results.
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Veronika McLaren
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Port City
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Daryo
: happens also to be rather self-explanatory! If you have worked with architects few months, it helps also ...
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not to a non-native, I suspect. I had to google:)
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Yvonne Gallagher
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Iran
"The basemat provides a foundation for the containment and auxiliary buildings that are within the unit's nuclear island."
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nn-construction-underway-o...
"The 6-foot-thick basemat serves as the foundation for the reactor's containment structure and auxiliary buildings within the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor's nuclear island."
https://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nucl...
A time-lapse video of a basemat placement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UhwCOzqY5w