fundamental
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< Latin fundamentum (“‘foundation’”)
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fundamental (plural fundamentals)
- 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.
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a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article
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fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)
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- 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.
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pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation
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- fundamental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fundamental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentais)
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fundamental (comparative [[]], superlative am [[]])
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fundamental m. and f. (plural fundamentales)
