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English Dictionary: foundation by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fantods
n
  1. an ill-defined state of irritability and distress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
find out
v
  1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
    Synonym(s): determine, find, find out, ascertain
  2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    Synonym(s): learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
  3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
    Synonym(s): determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
  4. trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"
    Synonym(s): find out, catch out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine-tooth
adj
  1. having fine teeth set close together; "a fine-toothed comb"
    Synonym(s): fine-toothed(a), fine-tooth(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine-tooth comb
n
  1. a comb with teeth set close together [syn: {fine-tooth comb}, fine-toothed comb]
  2. a method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
    Synonym(s): fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine-toothed
adj
  1. having fine teeth set close together; "a fine-toothed comb"
    Synonym(s): fine-toothed(a), fine-tooth(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine-toothed comb
n
  1. a comb with teeth set close together [syn: {fine-tooth comb}, fine-toothed comb]
  2. a method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
    Synonym(s): fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finitude
n
  1. the quality of being finite [syn: finiteness, finitude, boundedness]
    Antonym(s): boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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. lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
    Synonym(s): foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
  4. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
    Synonym(s): foundation, grounding
  5. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
    Synonym(s): basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
  6. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
    Synonym(s): foundation garment, foundation
  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"
    Synonym(s): initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foundation garment
n
  1. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
    Synonym(s): foundation garment, foundation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foundation stone
n
  1. a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funded
adj
  1. furnished with funds; "well-funded research" [ant: unfunded]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faint \Faint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fainted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fainting}.]
      1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to
            lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or
            mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See
            {Fainting}, n.
  
                     Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
                                                                              --Guardian.
  
                     If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by
                     the way.                                             --Mark viii.
                                                                              8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fantod \Fan"tod\, Fantad \Fan"tad\, n. [Cf. {Fantigue}.]
      State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also,
      indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fantod \Fan"tod\, Fantad \Fan"tad\, n. [Cf. {Fantigue}.]
      State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also,
      indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.]
      To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward
      off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
  
               With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.
  
      {To fend off a} {boat [or] vessel} (Naut.), to prevent its
            running against anything with too much violence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finitude \Fin"i*tude\, n. [L. finire. See {Finish}.]
      Limitation. --Cheyne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fin-toed \Fin"-toed`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated;
      also, lobate.

From 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a
            substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the
            latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides
            of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain
            organic bodies resembling them in their property of
            forming salts with acids.
  
      6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound.
  
      7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure.
  
      8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that
            imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two
            adjacent bastions.
  
      9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a
            figure on which it is supposed to stand.
  
      10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is
            constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
  
      11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.)
            (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice.
            (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
                  [Now commonly written {bass}.]
  
                           The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by
            fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the
            operations of an army proceed, forward movements are
            made, supplies are furnished, etc.
  
      13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.]
  
      14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached
            to another more central organ.
  
      15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal.
  
      16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not
            distinctly crystalline.
  
      17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}.
  
      18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.]
  
      19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but
            sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to
            about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]
  
      20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.]
  
      21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8]
            --Marston.
  
      22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting
            place or a goal in various games.
  
                     To their appointed base they went.   --Dryden.
  
      23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately
            determined in length and position, serves as the origin
            from which to compute the distances and positions of any
            points or objects connected with it by a system of
            triangles. --Lyman.
  
      24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison
            base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the
            circuit of the infield.
  
      {Altern base}. See under {Altern}.
  
      {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}.
  
      {Base course}. (Arch.)
            (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made
                  of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also
                  {foundation course}.
            (b) The architectural member forming the transition
                  between the basement and the wall above.
  
      {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without
            any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach
            the first base without being put out.
  
      {Base line}.
            (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in
                  military operations.
            (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent.
                 
  
      {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of
            the steam engine; the bed plate.
  
      {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the
            breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave
            molding. --H. L. Scott.

From 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a
            substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the
            latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides
            of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain
            organic bodies resembling them in their property of
            forming salts with acids.
  
      6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound.
  
      7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure.
  
      8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that
            imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two
            adjacent bastions.
  
      9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a
            figure on which it is supposed to stand.
  
      10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is
            constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
  
      11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.)
            (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice.
            (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
                  [Now commonly written {bass}.]
  
                           The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by
            fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the
            operations of an army proceed, forward movements are
            made, supplies are furnished, etc.
  
      13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.]
  
      14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached
            to another more central organ.
  
      15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal.
  
      16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not
            distinctly crystalline.
  
      17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}.
  
      18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.]
  
      19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but
            sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to
            about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]
  
      20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.]
  
      21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8]
            --Marston.
  
      22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting
            place or a goal in various games.
  
                     To their appointed base they went.   --Dryden.
  
      23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately
            determined in length and position, serves as the origin
            from which to compute the distances and positions of any
            points or objects connected with it by a system of
            triangles. --Lyman.
  
      24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison
            base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the
            circuit of the infield.
  
      {Altern base}. See under {Altern}.
  
      {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}.
  
      {Base course}. (Arch.)
            (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made
                  of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also
                  {foundation course}.
            (b) The architectural member forming the transition
                  between the basement and the wall above.
  
      {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without
            any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach
            the first base without being put out.
  
      {Base line}.
            (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in
                  military operations.
            (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent.
                 
  
      {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of
            the steam engine; the bed plate.
  
      {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the
            breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave
            molding. --H. L. Scott.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foundationer \Foun*da"tion*er\, n.
      One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a
      college or school. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foundationless \Foun*da"tion*less\, a.
      Having no foundation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
      To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
      cast. [bd]Whereof to found their engines.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
      1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.]
      1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
            solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
            literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
  
                     I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble,
                     founded as the rock.                           --Shak.
  
                     A man that all his time Hath founded his good
                     fortunes on your love.                        --Shak.
  
                     It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
                                                                              vii. 25.
  
      2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or
            building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to
            begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
            found a family.
  
                     There they shall found Their government, and their
                     great senate choose.                           --Milton.
  
      Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
               {Predicate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumidity \Fu*mid"i*ty\, Fumidness \Fu"mid*ness\n.
      The state of being fumid; smokiness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Funded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Funding}.]
      1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for
            the payment of the interest of; to make permanent
            provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from
            customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of;
            as, to fund government notes.
  
      2. To place in a fund, as money.
  
      3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
            interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Funded \Fund"ed\, a.
      1. Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest;
            as, funded debt.
  
      2. Invested in public funds; as, funded money.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Finite Automata
  
      {Finite State Machine}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Finite Automaton
  
      {Finite State Machine}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   finite differencing
  
      {strength reduction}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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      associated with the Institute of Computer Science,
  
      Address: Science and Technology Park of Crete, Vassilika
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      Telephone: +30 (81) 39 16 00, Fax: +30 (81) 39 16 01.
  
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