underlying : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: underlying	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for underlying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
underlying adj in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning" Synonym(s): implicit in(p), inherent, underlying located beneath or below being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" Synonym(s): fundamental, rudimentary, underlying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Underlying \Un`derly"ing\, a. Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying* strata of a locality; underlying principles.