fundamental
— Adjective
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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"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"
fundamental
— Adjective
– English
~ 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"
fundamental
— Noun
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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"
fundamental analysis
— Noun
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~ (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy
fundamental
— Noun
– English
~ the lowest tone of a harmonic series