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Fundamental

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Fundamental Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fundamental?

[n] the lowest tone of a harmonic series
[adj] serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
[adj] being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
[adj] far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fundamental: basic | cardinal | central | first harmonic | fundamental frequency | important | key | of import | primal | profound | rudimentary | significant | underlying

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See Also | harmonic

Fundamental In Webster's Dictionary

\Fun`da*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. fondamental.] Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom. The fundamental reasons of this war. --Shak. Some fundamental antithesis in nature. --Whewell. {Fundamental bass} (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords. {Fundamental chord} (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. {Fundamental colors}, red, green, and violet-blue. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}.
\Fun"da*men`tal\, n. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.

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