FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fundamental principle mean? 

• FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE (noun)
  The noun FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:

1. principles from which other truths can be derived

  Familiarity information: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Principles from which other truths can be derived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

basic principle; basics; bedrock; fundamental principle; fundamentals

Context example:

let's get down to basics

Hypernyms ("fundamental principle" is a kind of...):

principle (a basic truth or law or assumption)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fundamental principle"):

ABC; ABC's; ABCs; alphabet; first principles; rudiments (the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural))

 Context examples 

Its fundamental principle is that any physical system can be decomposed into a collection of simple independent local elements each of which interacts only with its immediate neighbors.

(Classical Mechanics, NCI Thesaurus)