Usually means: Basic element or skill foundation.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word rudiment:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. rudiment: Merriam-Webster
  2. rudiment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rudiment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rudiment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rudiment: Vocabulary.com
  6. rudiment: Wordnik
  7. rudiment: Wiktionary
  8. rudiment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rudiment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rudiment: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. rudiment: Dictionary.com
  12. rudiment: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Rudiment (biology), Rudiment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Rudiment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. rudiment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. rudiment: Rhymezone
  17. rudiment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. rudiment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. rudiment: FreeDictionary.org
  20. rudiment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. rudiment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. rudiment: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rudiment: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rudiment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. rudiment: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Rudiment: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. rudiment: Medical dictionary

(Note: See rudimental as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rudiment)

noun:  (often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
noun:  (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.
noun:  (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
noun:  (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
verb:  (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.

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