Definitions for fundamental

Overview of noun fundamental

The noun fundamental has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fundamental

(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")

2. fundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonic

(the lowest tone of a harmonic series)

Overview of adj fundamental

The adj fundamental has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (10) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

(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")

2. (7) fundamental, rudimentary, underlying

(being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles")

3. (1) fundamental, profound

(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")