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  • 1Foundation Stone — For other uses, see Cornerstone (disambiguation). The Stone south is towards the top of the image The Foundation Stone (Hebrew: אבן השתייה, translit. Even haShetiya) or Rock (Arabic: صخرة translit. Sakhrah, Hebrew: סלע translit.: Sela) is the… …

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  • 2foundation stone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms foundation stone : singular foundation stone plural foundation stones 1) a large stone with details of when a building was built, that is placed at the bottom of the building, usually as part of a ceremony 2)… …

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  • 3foundation stone — foun dation .stone n 1.) a large stone that is placed at the base of a new building, usually by an important person as part of a ceremony 2.) the facts, ideas, principles etc that form the base from which something else develops ▪ Greek and Latin …

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  • 4foundation stone — noun (C) 1 a large stone placed at the bottom of an important building to show when it was built, usually as part of a ceremony 2 the facts, ideas, principles etc that form the base from which something else develops or begins: Greek and Latin… …

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  • 5foundation stone — foun dation ,stone noun count 1. ) a large stone with details of when a building was built, that is placed at the bottom of the building, usually as part of a ceremony 2. ) the basic ideas, principles, facts, etc. that something depends on or… …

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  • 6Foundation of Ottoman Empire — Foundation of the Ottoman Empire is one of the oldest sources regarding the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. Besides its artistic elegance as part of Turkish oral history, it illuminates via myth some of the conditions and ambitions in… …

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  • 7Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …

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  • 8Corner Stone — • Rite regarding the blessing and laying of the Foundation Stone for the building of a church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Corner Stone     Corner Stone      …

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  • 9Deep foundation — A deep foundation installation for a bridge in Napa, California, United States …

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  • 10Gravity Research Foundation — The Gravity Research Foundation, established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson (founder of Babson College), [ Sir Isaac Babson (1948, August, 23). Newsweek , 32(8), p. 47.] was an organization designed to find ways to implement gravitational… …

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