fundamental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   being or involving basic facts or principles

   the fundamental laws of the universe

2. 2
   adj

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

   the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred

3. 3
   noun

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

   fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure

4. 4
   noun

   A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.

   one of the fundamentals of linear algebra

5. 5
   adj

   Essential; extremely important.

   a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom; a fundamental element; fundamental principle; fundamental law

6. 6
   adj

   serving as an essential component

7. 7
   noun

   the lowest tone of a harmonic series

8. 8
   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.

Etymology

From Late Latin fundamentālis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.