Thesaurus: fundamental

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1. a. 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.
2. 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.
3. adj. serving as an essential component
4. adj. being or involving basic facts or principles
5. adj. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
6. n. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
7. n. the lowest tone of a harmonic series
8. 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. 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.
9. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for thefoundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law;important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; afundamental 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 ofthe roots or fundamental tones of the chords.-- Fundamental chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which isits root.-- Fundamental colors, red, green, and violet-blue. See Primarycolors, under Color.
10. j:92/n:8 n. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business n. the lowest tone of a harmonic series s. being or involving basic facts or principles s. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something