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Definition of Basis

1. Noun. A relation that provides the foundation for something. "He worked on an interim basis"

2. Noun. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

3. Noun. The most important or necessary part of something. "The basis of this drink is orange juice"

Definition of Basis

1. n. The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

Definition of Basis

1. Noun. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis. ¹

2. Noun. An underlying condition or circumstance. ¹

3. Noun. regular frequency ¹

4. Noun. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space. ¹

5. Noun. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses. ¹

6. Noun. (topology) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basis

1. the foundation of something [n BASES]

Medical Definition of Basis

1. Synonym: base. Origin: L. And G. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basis

basioglossus basion basions basionym basionyms basipetal basipetally basiphobia basipodite basipodites

basipterygia basipterygial basipterygium basipterygoid basis (current term) basis cartilaginis arytenoideae basis cerebri basis cochleae basis cordis basis cranii

basis cranii externa basis cranii interna basis mandibulae basis modioli basis ossis metacarpalis basis ossis metatarsalis basis ossis sacri basis patellae basis pedunculi

Literary usage of Basis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The carbon Is and 2s orbitals were constructed from a basis set of five Gaussians having a values 0.32, 1.6, 8.0, 40.0, and 200.0.u After the best ..."

2. The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1900)
"GEOGRAPHICAL basis OF HISTORY Contrasted with the universality of the moral Whole and with the unity of that individuality which is its active principle, ..."

3. The Philosophy of Arithmetic as Developed from the Three Fundamental by Edward Brooks (1880)
"THE basis OF THE SCALE OF NUMERATION. THE basis of our scale of numeration and notation is dec. imal. This basis is not essential, but accidental. ..."

4. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1916)
"1477 A basis FOR RATIONAL DESIGN OF HEAT TRANSFER APPARATUS By EE Wilson,1 New York, NY Non-Member An examination of the literature on the subject of heat ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"It aims at giving the psychological basis of the most fundamental principles of the varions systems, and substituting for the mysticisms of the old ..."

6. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1886)
"Throughout this chapter we arc concerned with the practical intellect alone. He has already stated in cap. 6 that the intuitive reason is the basis of tlio ..."

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