fundamental
Pronunciation: /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/
The English word “fundamental” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
- The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- The lowest partial of a complex tone.
adjective
- Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
- Essential; extremely important.
Etymology
From Middle English foundamental, fundamental, from Late Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. By surface analysis, fundament + -al.
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