Fundamental Definition

fŭndə-mĕntl
fundamentals
adjective
Relating to what is basic; radical.
A fundamental alteration.
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Of or forming a foundation or basis; basic; essential.
The fundamental rules of art.
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On which others are based; primary; original.
A fundamental type.
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Of great significance or entailing major change.
A book that underwent fundamental revision.
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Of or relating to the lowest possible frequency or the lowest frequency component of a vibrating element, system, periodic wave, or quantity.
A fundamental chord.
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noun
fundamentals
A principle, theory, law, etc. serving as a basis; essential part.
Webster's New World
The lowest, or root, tone of a chord.
Webster's New World
The lowest frequency at which a system, as an air column or stretched string, will freely vibrate.
Webster's New World
The prime or main tone of a harmonic series.
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A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.
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Origin of Fundamental

  • From Late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundare (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”)

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Fundamental Sentence Examples

  • The fundamental substance or stroma is colorless and homogeneous.

  • In the end, our fundamental challenge is to become better individuals, and technology offers little help on that front; it is up to each one of us to solve that for ourselves.

  • The former moves in a world of "values," and judges things as they are related to our "fundamental self-feeling."

  • In correspondence with the fundamental constitution of the zooid, each of the three segments has its own body-cavity separated from the others.

  • The characteristic by which we recognize the fundamental element in a series is its intuitive or self-evident character; it is given by "the evident conception of a healthy and attentive mind so clear and distinct that no doubt is left."

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