Piereson's argument is simple but fundamental: the culture war began with Kennedy's death.
They are fundamental: the lifeblood – without them, there is no tech sector.
The tone of lowest frequency is called the fundamental; the others, overtones.
The smaller the bits, the more fundamental the explanation is deemed to be.
The more fundamental the particle being studied, the bigger the machine that is needed.
The problem is more fundamental: the age-old, irrational linkage between citizenship and birthplace.
"The link between constitutional change and having that economic power is absolutely fundamental," the First Minister told BBC Radio Scotland.
Yet, for all the personal significance, Ax is also exploring something more fundamental: the first flowering of the Romantic piano tradition.
"If they can't agree on something this fundamental, the court generally has to say joint custody is not working," she said.
What attracted Simon to this story was not the issues of housing or race or deprivation but something more fundamental – the dysfunction of the American political system.
They showed how consistent transmission of these texts was, how many possibilities there were for interpretation and how fundamental the texts had already become.
