fundamental

B2Academic AWL-5Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/US /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/

Meaning

adjective
serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something
the fundamental principles of scientific method

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So that's going to really be the fundamental rate driver.

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or impossible to express using fundamental first principles.

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really where I learned the fundamentals

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