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Definition of Fundamental

Fundamental

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Fundamental Quotations

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
Albert Einstein

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
John F. Kennedy

The human mind is our fundamental resource.
John F. Kennedy
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Fundamental Translations

fundamental in Dutch is fundamenteel
fundamental in French is en principe, foncier
fundamental in German is grundlegend
fundamental in Hungarian is alaphang, alap-, sarkalatos
fundamental in Italian is in linea di massima
fundamental in Norwegian is fundamental
fundamental in Spanish is fundamental

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