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fundamental Definition

• (n) the lowest tone of a harmonic series
• (s) 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"
• (s) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
• (s) 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 extravaga

fundamental Synonyms

• cardinal
• central
• first harmonic
• fundamental
• fundamental frequency
• key
• primal
• profound
• rudimentary
• underlying