Basis
['beɪsɪs] or ['besɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; 'the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture'.
(noun.) the most important or necessary part of something; 'the basis of this drink is orange juice'.
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
(n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.
(n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
(n.) The principal component part of a thing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FOUNDATION]
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
n. the foundation or that on which a thing rests: the pedestal of a column: the groundwork or first principle:—pl. Bas′es.
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Examples
- In the main, however, this work is an attempt to find a basis for ethics in natural p henomena. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lambert (1728-1777), Kant found a genius akin to his own, and through him hoped for a reformation of philosophy on the basis of the study of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sanders’ United States patent, 21,027, July 27, 1858, was the basis of an experiment tried at the Girard House in Philadelphia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Moreover, we know nowadays that even a universal education of this sort supplies only the basis for a healthy republican state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Papin in 1695, Savary in 1698, and Newcomen in 1705, were the pioneers of Watt, and gave to him a good working basis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He carried the production of machine-made pins to a commercial basis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Practically it served as the basis of some real telegraphic work, but is not now in use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- An eminent physiologist thinks it worth while 'to try and place life on a physical basis. Plato. The Republic.
- It is interesting to note that discoveries and inventions, which may seem slight in themselves, sometimes form the basis of, or contribute to, other important inventions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The result is that the three negatives, instead of each being a true unit, ready for combination with the others, is really only a basis for further work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ammonia can in turn be oxidized to nitric acid, which is the basis of all explosives. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Owing to keen insight and fine sympathy her thinking has generally been on a human basis. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The engines that Mr. Blackett had built, using Trevethick’s model as a basis, were working daily near the Killingworth Colliery, and Stephenson frequently went over to see them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bases always turn red litmus paper blue. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The suffragist who bases a claim on the so-called logic of democracy is making the poorest possible showing for a good cause. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In this form the diamond resembles two cones united at their bases, the upper one cut off a short distance from its base, the lower one having its extreme point cut off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Most fats contain a substance of an acid nature, and are decomposed by the action of bases such as caustic soda and caustic potash. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At their bases there is a short subsidiary row of obliquely transverse lamellae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The trough battery was used by Sir Humphry Davy in his series of great experiments--1806-1808--in which he isolated the metallic bases, calcium, sodium, potassium, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The six columns are their bases, Corinthian capitals and entablature--and six more shapely columns do not exist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The evil results of an accident with acid can be lessened if we know just what to do and do it quickly, but for this we must have a knowledge of bases, the second group of chemicals. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In 333 B.C., pursuing this attack upon the sea bases, he marched along the coast as far as the head of the gulf now called the Gulf of Alexandretta. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Bases, like acids, are good or bad according to their use; if they come in contact with cloth, they eat or discolor it, unless neutralized by an acid. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These more active bases are generally called alkalies in distinction from the less active ones. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The tribe shivering from the cold rain, huddled at the bases of great trees. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But this property of bases, harmful in one way, is put to advantage in the home, where grease is removed from drainpipe and sink by the application of lye, a strong base. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The interaction of acids and bases may be observed in another way. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Shelley