foundation  /fɑʊnd'eʃən/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  foundation
  基礎,根本;U建立,創立;C地基;C基金,基金會

資料來源(2): Network Terminology [netterm]

  foundation
  *基金 基礎

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Foundation \Foun*da"tion\, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
     {Found} to establish.]
     1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
        erect.
  
     2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
        anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
        and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
        basis.
  
              Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
              . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
                                                    xxviii. 16.
  
              The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
  
     3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
        wall, including the base course (see {Base course}
        (a), under {Base}, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
            house, the whole substructure of masonry.
  
     4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
        institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
  
              He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
        endowed institution or charity.
  
              Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
  
     {Foundation course}. See {Base course}, under {Base}, n.
  
     {Foundation muslin}, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
        stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
  
     {Foundation school}, in England, an endowed school.
  
     {To be on a foundation}, to be entitled to a support from the
        proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
        college.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  foundation
       n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little
            foundation for his objections"
       2: an institution supported by an endowment
       3: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or
          developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument
          rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis}, {base}, {fundament},
           {groundwork}, {cornerstone}]
       4: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
          solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {base},
           {fundament}, {foot}, {groundwork}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
       5: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of
          knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced
          study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: {grounding}]
       6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of
          the body [syn: {foundation garment}]
       7: the act of starting something for the first time;
          introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
          initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
          scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
          introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {institution},
           {origination}, {creation}, {innovation}, {introduction},
          {instauration}]

資料來源(5): Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [foldoc]

  foundation
  
     The axiom of foundation states that the membership relation is
     well founded, i.e. that any non-empty collection Y of sets has
     a member y which is disjoint from Y.  This rules out sets
     which contain themselves (directly or indirectly).