underlying
adj 3noun 1
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adj
1
lying underneath
We dug down to the underlying rock.
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
2
basic or fundamental
Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
Finding a successful treatment for Alzheimer’s faces two major hurdles: the first being we still don’t know enough about the disease’s underlying biology.
3
implicit
Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
noun
1
The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
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