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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fundamental \Fun"da*men'tal\, noun 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fundamental \Fun'da*men"tal\, adjective [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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {cardinal}, {central}, {fundamental}, {key}, {primal}]
2: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" [syn: {fundamental}, {rudimentary}, {underlying}]
3: 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" [syn: {fundamental}, {profound}]
noun
1: 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"
2: the lowest tone of a harmonic series [syn: {fundamental}, {fundamental frequency}, {first harmonic}]
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