fundamental
adjective
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serving as an essential componentcentral
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being or involving basic facts or principles“the fundamental laws of the universe”rudimentary
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far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something“the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred”profound
noun
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the lowest tone of a harmonic seriesfundamental frequencyfirst harmonic
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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”