adjective. undefined

adjective. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary.

adjective. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central.

adjective. Of great significance or entailing major change.

adjective. Of or relating to the lowest possible frequency or the lowest frequency component of a vibrating element, system, periodic wave, or quantity.

adjective. Having the root in the bass.

noun. Something that is an essential or necessary part of a system or object.

noun. The lowest frequency of a periodically varying quantity or of a vibrating system.

Pertaining to the foundation; serving as or being a component part of a foundation or basis; hence, essential; important; original; elementary: as, a fundamental truth or principle; a. fundamental law.

See fundamental, n., 2.

The low tone generated by the tones of a chord. Also called fundamental note.

noun. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part: as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.

noun. In music: The root of a chord.

noun. The generator of a series of harmonics. Also called fundamental bass, note, or tone.

adjective. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.

adjective. the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords.

adjective. a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root.

adjective. red, green, and violet-blue. See Primary colors, under Color.

noun. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, .

noun. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of linear algebra.

adjective. 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.

noun. the lowest tone of a harmonic series

adjective. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

noun. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

adjective. serving as an essential component

adjective. being or involving basic facts or principles

"Here we join issue with those Socialist writers who advocate the endowment of motherhood and give it their own meaning; and that is why in a preceding paragraph the word fundamental has been emphasized, since in the endowment of motherhood as understood by socialists there are two principles, one which I call fundamental, and a second -- that the endowment shall be by the State -- which now falls to be considered."

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