Fundamental

[Fr. fonda mental. See above.] Serving for the foundation; e ential; important; nece ary; primary; leading; as, a fundamental cause, fun damental laws. ( Mus .) A term applicable to either a chord or to a note: to the former, when its lowest component part is the note on which the harmony is founded; and to the latter, when it is both the lowest constituent part of a chord and the note from which the harmony is really and nominally derived. -n. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an e ential; as, the fundamentals of faith. "Men who agree in all fundamentals ."- Swift . Fundamentally, adv . Primarily; originally; e entially; at the foundation. Fund'ed, p . a. Placed in the public funds; as, funded property.- Furnished with funds for the regular payment of the interest of; as, a funded debt. Fund'holder, n. One who has property invested in public securities.