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Definition of Rudiment
1. Noun. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). "He mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
Generic synonyms: Basic Principle, Basics, Bedrock, Fundamental Principle, Fundamentals
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
2. Noun. The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life. "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
Definition of Rudiment
1. n. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
2. v. t. To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
Definition of Rudiment
1. Noun. A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural). ¹
2. Noun. Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural) ¹
3. Noun. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function ¹
4. Noun. (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rudiment
1. a basic principle or element [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rudiment
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1. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. "but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth." (Milton) "the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape." (I. Taylor)
2. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. "This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies." (Shak) "There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare." (Milton)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rudiment
Literary usage of Rudiment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1900)
"C. Development through the formation of the Embryonic rudiment on a limited
portion of the egg with simultaneous development of a large Yolk-sac. ..."
2. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"A similar preparation with a multicellular fruit-rudiment, x 300. 20". ...
Longitudinal section of a further developed fruit-rudiment, x 300. 21*. ..."
3. Grounds and Rudiments of Law by William Taylor Hughes (1908)
"A ground and rudiment of law is the mandatory requirements of a constitutionalism
and these cannot be waived.12 For a presentation of these views the ..."
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