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Phonetic: "/ˈbeɪsɪs/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A physical base or foundation.

Definition: A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

Definition: An underlying condition or circumstance.

Definition: A regular frequency.

Example: Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.

Definition: In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.

Definition: Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.

Definition: 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.

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

Phonetic: "/weɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (physical) Matter, material.

Definition: A large quantity; a sum.

Phonetic: "/weɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.

Definition: Celebration of the Eucharist.

Definition: (usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.

Definition: A musical setting of parts of the mass.

Phonetic: "/weɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).

Definition: An object used to make something heavier.

Definition: A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

Definition: Importance or influence.

Definition: An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

Example: He's working out with weights.

Definition: (lubricants) viscosity rating.

Definition: Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)

Definition: (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

Definition: A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

Definition: The smallest cardinality of a base.

Definition: The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

Definition: (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.

Definition: (visual art) The illusion of mass.

Definition: (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

Definition: Pressure; burden.

Example: the weight of care or business

Definition: The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Definition: Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

Example: He was pushing weight.

Definition: One pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.

Phonetic: "/weɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

Definition: To load, burden or oppress someone.

Definition: To assign weights to individual statistics.

Definition: To bias something; to slant.

Definition: To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

Definition: To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.