Used attributively before another noun to denote something serving as a base or underlying unit (e.g., "basis point").
Definitionen
basissubstantiv
The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.
The basis of her argument was the recent scientific study on climate change.
The main ingredient or component of something.
The basis of the soup is a rich chicken broth.
A fixed pattern or system for doing something.
The meetings are held on a weekly basis.
Mathematics: a set of vectors (or other elements) in a vector space such that every element of the space can be expressed as a linear combination of them.
The standard basis of ℝ³ consists of the vectors (1,0,0), (0,1,0), and (0,0,1).
Finance: the difference between the cash (spot) price of a commodity and the price of its futures contract.
The corn basis widened as local elevators lowered their cash bids.
basisadjektiv
Attributive: relating to or serving as a base or underlying unit (appearing before another noun).