basis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base.
Pronunciation
[edit]enPR: bāʹsĭs
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.sɪs/,[1]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæɪ.sɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪsɪs
Noun
[edit]basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)
- A physical base or foundation.
- 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!
- Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 27:
- We see here the ground-plan of masses of houses, with their upper walls of fire-baked brick on a basis of stone.
- 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,
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- 2013 September 7, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- A regular frequency.
- 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.
- (agriculture, trading) 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.
- 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.https://www.alberta.ca/wheat-basis-levels.aspx
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- (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.
- The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.
Synonyms
[edit]- (starting point for discussion): base
Derived terms
[edit]- accrual basis
- basic
- basis point
- basis spline
- basiswise
- Bernstein basis polynomial
- cash basis
- cost basis
- eigenbasis
- fare basis
- Fourier basis
- Gröbner basis
- Hamel basis
- Hilbert's basis theorem
- normal basis
- on a case-by-case basis
- on a first-name basis
- on a need-to-know basis
- on an irregular basis
- on a regular basis
- on the basis of
- polynomial basis
- rational basis review
- Schauder basis
- subbasis
- tax basis
Translations
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References
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Verb
[edit]basis
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis). Doublet of base, and also related to komme, from the same ultimate source.
Noun
[edit]basis
- (linear algebra) basis
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)
- basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
- base (lower portion, foundation)
- Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).
Derived terms
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[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]basis
Declension
[edit]Inflection of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | basis | basikset | |
genitive | basiksen | basisten basiksien | |
partitive | basista | basiksia | |
illative | basikseen | basiksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | basis | basikset | |
accusative | nom. | basis | basikset |
gen. | basiksen | ||
genitive | basiksen | basisten basiksien | |
partitive | basista | basiksia | |
inessive | basiksessa | basiksissa | |
elative | basiksesta | basiksista | |
illative | basikseen | basiksiin | |
adessive | basiksella | basiksilla | |
ablative | basikselta | basiksilta | |
allative | basikselle | basiksille | |
essive | basiksena | basiksina | |
translative | basikseksi | basiksiksi | |
abessive | basiksetta | basiksitta | |
instructive | — | basiksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]basis
- basis, base
- basis:
- (mathematics) in a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- base:
- (electronics) the name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- Synonym: tapak (Standard Malay)
- (geometry) the lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (military) headquarter: permanent structure for housing military.
- (electronics) the name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “basis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis, “stepping, step; foot; base, pedestal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäːs̬is]
Noun
[edit]basis f (genitive basis); third declension
- (literal) a pedestal, foot, base
- Synonyms: fundāmentum, fundāmen, crepīdō
- aliquem cum basī suā mētīrī
- to give false measure, to estimate too high
- (literally, “to measure a pillar together with its pedestal”)
- 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem[2], volume 2.2, archived from the original on 2022-02-03, section 154:
- ... huic etiam Romae videmus in basi statuarum maximis litteris incisum, A COMMVNI SICILIAE DATAS.
- ... we see in his honor, even in Rome, GIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY OF SICILY carved on the base of statues in huge letters.
- (figurative) a foundation
- Synonym: rādīx
- c. 400 CE [c. 200–175 BCE], Ben Sira, translated by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Vulgate[3], translation of original in Biblical Hebrew, archived from the original on 2021-07-11, Sirach 6.30:
- ... et erunt tibi conpedes in protectionem fortitudinis et bases virtutis et torques illius in stolam gloriae ...
- ... and its [wisdom's] fetters will become a strong protection and the foundations of virtue for you, and its chain will become a glorious robe ...
- (geometry) the base of a triangle, chord of an arc
- 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum, volume 2, section 125:
- Illud vero (ab Aristotele animadversum, a quo pleraque) quis potest non mirari: grues cum loca calidiora petentes maria transmittant, trianguli efficere formam; eius autem summo angulo aer ab is adversus pellitur, deinde sensim ab utroque latere, tamquam remis, ita pinnis cursus avium levatur; basis autem trianguli, quam efficiunt grues, ea tamquam a puppi ventis adiuvatur; eaeque in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt; quod quia ipse dux facere non potest, quia non habet, ubi nitatur, revolat, ut ipse quoque quiescat; in eius locum succedit ex his, quae adquierunt, eaque vicissitudo in omni cursu conservatur.
- Really, who can not be surprised by this (noticed by Aristotle, from whom comes most of this): that cranes, when they cross the seas looking for warmer places, make the shape of a triangle; for the air is pushed away from them by the top angle, then gradually on each side, as by oars, so the birds' course is elevated by the wings; as for the base of the triangle that cranes make, it is helped as though by winds from the stern; and they put their necks and heads in the back of those flying before them; because the leader itself cannot do this, because it doesn't have one, when it strains itself, it flies back, so that it can also rest; one of those which were resting behind it takes its place, and this changing of places is kept up for the whole journey.
- (architecture) the lowest part of the shaft of a column
- (grammar) a primitive word, root
- a track, footprint (of cattle)
- Synonym: vestīgium
Inflection
[edit]Note that alternative forms exist for some cases:
- baseōs for the genitive singular
- baseī for the ablative singular
- basin, basem, basidem for accusative singular
- baseis for the accusative plural
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | basis | basēs |
Genitive | basis | basium |
Dative | basī | basibus |
Accusative | basim | basēs basīs |
Ablative | basī | basibus |
Vocative | basis | basēs |
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Asturian: base
- → Catalan: base
- → Danish: basis
- → Dutch: basis, base
- → English: basis
- → Dutch: base
- → Indonesian: basa
- → English: base
- → Finnish: basis
- → Galician: base
- → German: Basis
- ⇒ German: Base
- → Italian: base
- → Macedonian: база (baza)
- → Norwegian:
- Old French: base
- French: base
- → Middle English: base, bace, bas, baas, basse
- → Polish: baza
- → Portuguese: base
- → Russian: ба́за (báza), ба́зис (bázis)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: bāza
- → Spanish: base
- → Swedish: bas
- → Turkish: baz
- → Ukrainian: ба́за (báza)
References
[edit]- “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- basis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.
Noun
[edit]basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.
Noun
[edit]basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]basis m or f same meaning (plural basis)
Further reading
[edit]- “basis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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