fundamental issue

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandissue

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fundamental
adjective
uk
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition offundamentalandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, the investigation of supersonic plasma jets production in laboratory conditions becomes afundamentalissuein both the astrophysical and the inertial confinement fusion contexts.
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Here the focus is on the morefundamentalissueof the distinction between predicates and their arguments.
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The characterization of organic phases, from abiotic or biotic sources, also appears to be afundamentalissue.
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Thefundamentalissuewas sovereignty and the orderly, pacific preservation of the public weal.
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Thefundamentalissueof debate here is what is visual information.
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However, even when considering ethnographic studies, a morefundamentalissueemerges as well.
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Thefundamentalissueseems to be less about transferring models than transferring the understanding and experience that led to the formulation of those models.
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Unfortunately, this particular construal, though perhaps initially attractive, ultimately trivializes thefundamentalissueat stake.
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Thefundamentalissueat stake is to explore the limits of the human language making capacity.
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Thefundamentalissueconcerns what kind of social policy we wish to develop.
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But an even morefundamentalissueconcerns the role of multiple concurrent replicators that differ in their replication rates.
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The nature of children's input representations thus remains afundamentalissue.
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For this vision to materialize, onefundamentalissuethat needs to be addressed is that of trust.
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The presence or absence of such interactions is afundamentalissue.
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We discuss the perceived risks of the use of agents in e-commerce and thefundamentalissueof trust in this context.
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The size of the average threshold for color errors suggests that the accurate reproduction of the original scene may not be afundamentalissue.
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In the presence of localization errors, heading sensing becomes afundamentalissue.
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It may also be possible to extend their concept learning model to consider thefundamentalissueof representational adaptation.
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At a deeper level, moreover, thefundamentalissuewas leadership.
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Thefundamentalissueis not how a family chooses to act in this situation, but simply having this choice.
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