basis vs termination

basis

noun
  • An underlying condition or circumstance. 

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

  • A regular frequency. 

  • A physical base or foundation. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

termination

noun
  • An outcome or result. 

  • The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix. 

  • An induced abortion. 

  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason. 

  • An end in time; a conclusion. 

  • An end in space; an edge or limit. 

  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain. 

  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. 

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