Look up: fundamental

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   fundamental
   [adj] - far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something 2. [adj] - being or involving basic facts or principles 3. [n] - the lowest tone of a harmonic series
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   Fundamental
   The tuned frequency and (almost always) the lowest frequency that is present in the sounding of a pitch by a musical instrument.
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   Fundamental
   In bell tuning, an alternative name for the prime partial. This name is not used by some on the grounds that, unlike in other instruments, the fundamental is not the lowest frequency partial of a bell.
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   Fundamental
   In periodic forced vibration, the term fundamental refers to the lowest frequency component present in a harmonic train. For example, most rotating machines have frequency components at multiples of shaft rotational frequency and the fundamental component is usually at rotational frequency (e.g. at 30 Hz in a machine rotating at 1800 rpm). In struc...
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   fundamental
   the search for 'value' via the balance sheet and profit and loss account of the company concerned,together with the investigation of the overall economic situation and projections made from this data.Current trends are extrapolated,as are supply/demand situations Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • nature of a finding relating to the accounts and the financial statements...
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   Fundamental
   Fun`da·men'tal adjective [ Confer French fondamental .] 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. « The fundamental reasons of this war.» Shak. « Some fundamental antithesis in nature ...
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   Fundamental
   Fun'da·men`tal noun A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
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   fundamental
   Pertaining to a base or foundation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   fundamental
   profound adjective 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`
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    fundamental
    rudimentary adjective being or involving basic facts or principles; `the fundamental laws of the universe`; `a fundamental incomatibility between them`; `these rudimentary truths`; `underlying principles`
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    fundamental
    fundamental frequency noun the lowest tone of a harmonic series
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    Fundamental
    `Fundamental` may refer to: * Fundamental frequency, a concept in music or phonetics, often referred to as simply a `fundamental`. * Fundamentalism, the belief in, and usually the strict adherence to, the simplistic or `fundamental` ideas based on faith of a system of thought.Interestingly not based on the fundamental principles or objectives of a system. i.e. following the word and not the spirit of a law or system. * Any of a number of fundamen...
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    Fundamental
    • (a.) 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. • (n.) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the funda...
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    fundamental
    (from the article `sound`) As the vibration that has the lowest frequency for that particular type and length of string under a specific tension, this frequency is known as the ... The note produced by this basic wave form is called the fundamental. If the pressure of the generating vibration is increased sufficiently, the sound ... ...
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    fundamental
    pertaining to a base or foundation.
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    fundamental
    fundamental, fundamentally 1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary: 'We studied the fundamental laws of the universe.' 2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central: 'He presented an example that was fundamental to the argument.' 3. Of great significance or involving a major change: 'This is a book which underwent many fu...
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