English Dictionary: (fundamental) | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
FundamentalFundamental\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 fundamentalfundamental truth; a fundamentalfundamentalaxiom. The fundamentalfundamentalreasons of this war. --Shak. Some fundamentalfundamentalantithesis in nature. --Whewell. {FundamentalFundamentalbass} (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamentalfundamentaltones of the chords. {FundamentalFundamentalchord} (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. {FundamentalFundamentalcolors}, red, green, and violet-blue. See {Primary colors}, under {Color}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
FundamentalFundamental\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. |