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English Dictionary: fundamental	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fundamental
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fundamental 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" Synonym(s): cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal 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 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" Synonym(s): fundamental, profound n any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business; "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure" the lowest tone of a harmonic series Synonym(s): fundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fundamental \Fun`damen"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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fundamental \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.