fundamentalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• foundament (when used as a noun)

語源

From Late Latin fundamentālis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/
• ハイフネーション: fun‧da‧men‧tal

名詞

fundamental (複数形 fundamentals)

1. (usually in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part

   one of the fundamentals of linear algebra

   • 1928, Roosevelt, Franklin D., The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin, OCLC 769015, OL 6719278M, page 28:

     Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government.

2. (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
3. (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.

形容詞

fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)

1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
2. Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.

   a fundamental truth;   a fundamental axiom

   A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.

   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.

同意語

• groundlaying
• See also Thesaurus:bare-bones

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Further reading

• fundamental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fundamental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911