Meaning of basis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. base
2. A physical base or foundation.
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4. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
5. A fact or circumstance on which something is established: rumors with no basis in reality. See Synonyms at base1.
6. An underlying condition or circumstance.
7. A regular frequency.
8. grounding
9. The chief constituent; the fundamental ingredient: The basis for most liquids is water.
10. The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
11. foundation
12. The fundamental principle: Objective inquiry is the basis of science.
13. In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
14. A pattern or schedule for proceeding: on a weekly basis.
15. Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
16. Archaic A physical base on which something rests.
    Archaic
17. A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
18. something that underlies, supports, or is essential to something else, esp an abstract idea
19. a principle on which something depends or from which something has issued
20. (Mathematics) maths (of a vector space) a maximal set of linearly independent vectors, in terms of which all the elements of the space are uniquely expressible, and the number of which is the dimension of the space: the vectors x, y, and z form a basis of the 3-dimensional space all members of which can be written as ax + by + cz.
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21. a bottom or base; the part on which something stands or rests.

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Examples

“1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!”

“We see here the ground-plan of masses of houses, with their upper walls of fire-baked brick on a basis of stone.”

“I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.”

“Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.”

“You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.”

“The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.”

“Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.”

“Included in the basis could be elevation, cleaning, freight by truck and/or rail, government inspection fees, administration fees, interest and storage charges as well as allowance for risk and profit for the grain dealer.”

“The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.”

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