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| 1. | [ adjective ] serving as an essential component | |
| Synonyms: | central key cardinal primal | |
| Examples: | "a cardinal rule" "the central cause of the problem" "an example that was fundamental to the argument" "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" |
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| Related terms: | important | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being or involving basic facts or principles | |
| Synonyms: | rudimentary underlying | |
| Examples: | "the fundamental laws of the universe" "a fundamental incompatibility between them" "these rudimentary truths" "underlying principles" |
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| Related terms: | basic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | |
| Synonyms: | profound | |
| Examples: | "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred" "the book underwent fundamental changes" "committed a fundamental error" "profound social changes" |
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| Related terms: | significant | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (psychology) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | |
| Synonyms: | first_harmonic fundamental_frequency | |
| Related terms: | harmonic | |
| Similar spelling: |
fundamentals fundamentally fundament fundamentalist fundamentalism |
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