fundamental
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from *bʰudʰmḗn✻
- derived from fundamentum
- borrowed from fundamentālis
Definitions
A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual 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.
A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the…
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
- When any one offers me a compleat Catalogue of his Fundamentals, he does not unreaſonably demand me to quit mine for nothing[…]
- Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government.
The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
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The lowest partial of a complex tone.
Related to a foundation, base, or basis
Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
Essential
Essential; extremely important.
- a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom; a fundamental element; fundamental principle; fundamental law
- A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
The neighborhood
- synonymgroundlaying
- neighborfundament
Derived
algebraic fundamental group, antifundamental, bifundamental, first fundamental form, fundamental analysis, fundamental constant, fundamental data, fundamental force, fundamental frequency, fundamental group, fundamental interaction, fundamentalism, fundamentalist, fundamentalistic, fundamentality, fundamentally, fundamentalness, fundamental niche, fundamental painting, fundamental particle, fundamental right, fundamental science, fundamental theorem, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, fundamental theorem of calculus, fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals, fundamental unit, nonfundamental, prefundamental, unfundamental
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fundamental. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fundamental. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at fundamental
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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