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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Fundamental: ab ovo | abecedarian | aboriginal | AF | antenatal | audio frequency | austere | autochthonous | axiom | bare | basal | base | basement | basic | basilar | basis | bearing wall | bed | bedding | bedrock | beginning | bench mark | bottom | budding | cardinal | cardinal point | center | central | chaste | chief thing | climax | component | constituent | constitutional | constitutive | core | cornerstone | creative | crisis | critical | critical point | crucial | crux | dominant | element | elemental | elementary | elements | elixir | embryonic | essence | essential | essential matter | factor | fetal | first | floor | flooring | flower | focal | focus | fond | footing | formative | foundation | foundational | frequency | fundament | fundamental tone | generative | genetic | germinal | gestatory | gist | grammar | gravamen | great point | ground | grounds | groundwork | gut | hardpan | harmonic | heart | high point | homely | homespun | homogeneous | hypostasis | important | important thing | in embryo | in its infancy | in ovo | in the bud | inaugural | inceptive | inchoate | inchoative | incipient | incunabular | indispensable | indivisible | infant | infantile | inherent | initial | initiative | initiatory | inner essence | intonation | intrinsic | introductory | inventive | irreducible | issue | kernel | keystone | landmark | law | life-and-death | life-or-death | main | main point | main thing | marrow | material | material point | meat | mere | milestone | monolithic | monotone | monotony | nascent | natal | necessary | needful | nub | nucleus | nuts and bolts | of a piece | of the essence | of vital importance | organic | original | overtone | paramount | part and parcel | partial | partial tone | parturient | pavement | pitch | pith | pivot | plain | postnatal | postulate | pregnant | prenatal | primal | primary | prime | primeval | primitive | primogenial | primordial | principal | principium | principle | principles | pristine | procreative | protogenic | pure | pure and simple | quid | quiddity | quintessence | quintessential | radical | real issue | requisite | riprap | rock bottom | rudiment | rudimental | rudimentary | rudiments | rule | salient point | sap | seat | seminal | severe | sill | simon-pure | simple | sine qua non | single | solid ground | solid rock | soul | spare | spirit | stark | stereobate | stuff | stylobate | substance | substantial | substantive | substantive point | substratum | substruction | substructure | terra firma | the bottom line | the nitty-gritty | the point | theorem | tone | tonelessness | turning point | unadorned | uncluttered | underbuilding | undercarriage | undergirding | underlying | underpinning | understruction | understructure | undifferenced | undifferentiated | uniform | ur | vital 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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