basis vs stencil

basis

noun
  • A physical base or foundation. 

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

  • A regular frequency. 

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

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

  • An underlying condition or circumstance. 

  • 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 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. 

stencil

noun
  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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