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fundamental
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[ adjective ] serving as an essential component
Examples "a cardinal rule" "the central cause of the problem" "an example that was fundamental to the argument" "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A century ago , Newman saw that liberalism ( what we now might call secularism ) would gradually but definitely make its mark on English_Protestantism , and that even high_Anglicanism would someday no_longer be a `` serviceable breakwater against doctrinal errors more fundamental than its own '' . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)This emphasis upon death rather than sin as man 's fundamental problem Irenaeus shares with many early theologians , especially the Greek speaking ones . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The religion supports , re-enforces , reaffirms , and maintains the fundamental values . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)From the very beginning the electoral discussions raised fundamental issues in Moroccan politics , precisely the type of questions that were most difficult to resolve in the new government . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)The authors set_about answering this fundamental question through a detailed investigation of the patient 's ability , tactually , ( 1 ) to perceive figure and ( 2 ) to locate objects in space , with his eyes closed ( or turned_away from the object concerned ) . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being or involving basic facts or principles
Synonyms Examples "the fundamental laws of the universe" "a fundamental incompatibility between them" "these rudimentary truths" "underlying principles" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)The fundamental differences between physiological and pathological states of parasympathetic ( and also of sympathetic ) dominance remain to be elucidated . In other studies , loss of differentiation in previously established conditioned_reflexes resulted from repeated convulsive ( metrazol ) treatments , suggesting a fundamental disturbance in the balance between excitatory and inhibitory cerebral processes . These are few and seemingly disjointed data , but they illustrate the important fact that fundamental alterations in conditioned_reactions occur in a variety of states in which the hypothalamic balance has been altered by physiological experimentation , pharmacological action , or clinical processes . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
Synonyms Examples "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred" "the book underwent fundamental changes" "committed a fundamental error" "profound social changes" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)In the new country the electoral process is considered as a means of resolving fundamental , and sometimes bitter , differences among leaders and also as a source of policy guidance . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (psychology) the lowest tone of a harmonic series
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