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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fundamental \Fun`da*men"tal\, a. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fundamental \Fun"da*men`tal\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fundamental adj 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}, {key}, {primal}] 2: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" [syn: {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: {profound}] n : the lowest tone of a harmonic series [syn: {fundamental frequency}, {first harmonic}]
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