fundamental
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.
Other meanings
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”
The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
Related words
- algebraic fundamental group
- antifundamental
- bifundamental
- first fundamental form
- fundamental analysis
- fundamental constant
- fundamental theorem of calculus
- fundamental force
- fundamental frequency
- fundamental group
- fundamental interaction
- fundamentalism
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fundamentum" (foundation).
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This definition is adapted from “fundamental” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.