单词 | fundamental |
释义 | fundamental —fundamentality, fundamentalness, n. —fundamentally, adv. /fun'deuh men"tl/, adj. 1. serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure. 2. of, pertaining to, or affecting the foundation or basis: a fundamental revision. 3. being an original or primary source: a fundamental idea. 4. Music. (of a chord) having its root as its lowest note. n. 5. a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part: to master the fundamentals of a trade. 6. Also called fundamental note, fundamental tone. Music. a. the root of a chord. b. the generator of a series of harmonics. 7. Physics. the component of lowest frequency in a composite wave. [1400-50; late ME < ML fundamentalis of, belonging to a foundation. See FUNDAMENT, -AL1] Syn. 1. indispensable, primary. |
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