Basis
/ˈbeɪsɪs/
The meaning and definition of Basis, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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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.”
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A regular frequency.
“Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.”
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Synonyms
base
Origin
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις.
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