different between fundamental vs dominant
fundamental
English
Alternative forms
- foundament (when used as a noun)
Etymology
From Late Latin fundament?lis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fund? (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?nd??m?nt?l/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Noun
fundamental (plural fundamentals)
- (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
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
Translations
Adjective
fundamental (comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)
- Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
- Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
Synonyms
- groundlaying
- See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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.
Danish
Etymology
From fundament +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ndam?nta?l/, [f?nd?am?n?t?æ??l]
Adjective
fundamental
- basic, fundamental
Inflection
Synonyms
- afgørende
- basal
- grundliggende, grundlæggende
Derived terms
- fundamentalisme
- fundamentalist
Galician
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais)
- fundamental
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis; synchronically analyzable as Fundament +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ndam?n?ta?l/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental (comparative fundamentaler, superlative am fundamentalsten)
- fundamental
Declension
Synonyms
- grundlegend
Derived terms
- Fundamentalismus, Fundamentalist
Related terms
- Fundamentalerkenntnis, Fundamentalentscheidung, Fundamentalgesetz, Fundamentalsatz
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin fundamentalis
Adjective
fundamental (masculine and feminine fundamental, neuter fundamentalt, definite singular and plural fundamentale)
- fundamental, basic
Related terms
- fundament
References
- “fundamental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fundamental” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin fundamentalis
Adjective
fundamental (masculine and feminine fundamental, neuter fundamentalt, definite singular and plural fundamentale)
- fundamental, basic
Related terms
- fundament
References
- “fundamental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?f?.da.m?.?taw/, /f?.?da.m?.?taw/
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental m or f (plural fundamentais, comparable)
- fundamental; essential (pertaining to the basic part or notion of something)
- Synonyms: essencial, básico
Derived terms
- fundamentalismo
- fundamentalista
- fundamentalmente
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “fundamental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French fondamental, from Latin fundamentalis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fun.da.men?tal/
Adjective
fundamental m or n (feminine singular fundamental?, masculine plural fundamentali, feminine and neuter plural fundamentale)
- fundamental
Declension
Related terms
References
- fundamental in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fund?ment?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fundamen?tal/, [f?n?.d?a.m?n??t?al]
- Hyphenation: fun?da?men?tal
Adjective
fundamental (plural fundamentales)
- fundamental
Derived terms
- fundamentalismo
- fundamentalista
- fundamentalmente
- interacción fundamental
Related terms
- fundamentar
- fundamento
- fundar
Further reading
- “fundamental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Adjective
fundamental (not comparable)
- fundamental
Declension
References
- fundamental in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fundamental in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
fundamental From the web:
- what fundamental means
- what fundamentals to look for in a stock
- what is fundamental
dominant
English
Etymology
From Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?m?n?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?m?n?nt/
Noun
dominant (plural dominants)
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- (genetics) A gene that is dominant.
- 1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (page 50)
- Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.
- 1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (page 50)
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- 1966, John R. Bassett, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), Thinning loblolly pine from above and below
- Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.
- 1966, John R. Bassett, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), Thinning loblolly pine from above and below
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master (page 65)
- His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.
- 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master (page 65)
Synonyms
- dominator
Translations
Adjective
dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- The dominant party controlled the government.
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
- 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10
- All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
Synonyms
- (ruling, governing): imposing
- (predominant, common): prevalent
Antonyms
- (ruling): obedient, submissive (one who obeys); defiant, rebellious (one who defys)
Translations
Catalan
Adjective
dominant (masculine and feminine plural dominants)
- dominant
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?do?.mi?n?nt/
- Hyphenation: do?mi?nant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)
- dominant
- Synonym: overheersend
- (genetics) dominant
Inflection
Derived terms
- dominantie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?.mi.n??/
Verb
dominant
- present participle of dominer
Adjective
dominant (feminine singular dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)
- dominant
Derived terms
- vent dominant
Further reading
- “dominant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)
- dominant
Declension
Further reading
- “dominant” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French dominant.
Adjective
dominant m or n (feminine singular dominant?, masculine plural dominan?i, feminine and neuter plural dominante)
- dominant
Declension
dominant From the web:
- what dominant mean
- what dominant trait
- what dominant allele
- what dominant hand means
- what dominant and recessive genes
- what dominant follicle means
- what dominants want to hear
- what dominant theme is reflected in the poems
you may also like
- fundamental vs dominant
- clever vs wary
- gob vs hunk
- tasteful vs pleasant
- ambiguous vs mystical
- contest vs bout
- dike vs barrow
- repayment vs benefits
- unsettling vs annoying
- artful vs acute
- unsuspicious vs pure
- jubilee vs solemnisation
- lacklustre vs vapid
- searching vs painful
- sign vs plan
- cowardly vs sordid
- congested vs populous
- horrible vs grievous
- useful vs deserving
- comprise vs incorporate