1. (

• fundamental

) 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" ;

2. (

• fundamental ,
• fundamental_frequency ,
• first_harmonic

) the lowest tone of a harmonic series ;

1. (

• cardinal ,
• central ,
• fundamental ,
• key ,
• primal

) 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" ;

2. (

• fundamental ,
• rudimentary ,
• underlying

) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" ;

3. (

• fundamental ,
• profound

) 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" ;