fundamental

[ UK /fˌʌndəmˈɛntə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌfəndəˈmɛnəɫ, ˌfəndəˈmɛntəɫ/ ]

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
the lowest tone of a harmonic series

ADJECTIVE

being or involving basic facts or principles
a fundamental incompatibility between them
the fundamental laws of the universe
underlying principles
these rudimentary truths
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
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
profound social changes
committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance
the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred
the book underwent fundamental changes

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How To Use fundamental In A Sentence

The compilation(techniques) of legislation law and the limitations of statute law such as hysteresis effect are the(fundamental)reasons why Legislation Law is criticized.
I'm not going to turn into a raving fundamentalist.
Among an ever-improving crop of pivotmen, Duncan is still the most dependable and fundamentally sound.
But we can begin first with a volume of fixed curvature, select a fundamental tile, and apply the rules for gluing the edges.
[18] But according to noted sindonologist Giulio Fanti, "the image in discussion does not match the main fundamental properties of the Shroud image, in particular at thread and fiber level but also at macroscopic level. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.
But any more fundamental change, which would constitute the ultimate formal recognition of their new identity, is to be denied.
The severity, universality, complexity of peasant burden overweight, is to determined fundamentally that solving peasant burden overweight needs long period of time and arduousness of problem.
It, too, represents "quality" journalism that's really fundamental to democracy. ill lich Hypothetical peek into the feverish mind of Rupert Murdoch - Boing Boing
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.