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a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from ).
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(grammar) a word, such as the, with a particular grammatical role but little identifiable meaning Compare content word, grammatical meaning
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[fuhn-duh-muh nt] /ˈfʌn də mənt/ noun 1. the buttocks. 2. the anus. 3. a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation. /ˈfʌndəmənt/ noun 1. (euphemistic or facetious) the buttocks 2. the natural features of the earth’s surface, unaltered by man 3. a base or foundation, esp of a building 4. a theory, principle, or underlying […]
- Fundamental
[fuhn-duh-men-tl] /ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl/ adjective 1. serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure. 2. of, relating to, or affecting the foundation or basis: a fundamental revision. 3. being an original or primary source: a fundamental idea. 4. Music. (of a chord) having its […]
- Fundamental-bass
[beys] /beɪs/ noun, Music. 1. a bass consisting of the roots of the chords employed.
- Fundamental constant
noun 1. a physical constant, such as the gravitational constant or speed of light, that plays a fundamental role in physics and chemistry and usually has an accurately known value
- Fundamental-frequency
noun, Physics. 1. the lowest frequency at which a medium will freely oscillate. 2. the frequency of the fundamental.