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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▸ 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.
Similar:
first principle,
beginning,
principal,
principle,
primary,
urgrund,
primordial,
grass roots,
princ.,
postulate,
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first,
merest,
embryonic,
small,
thymic,
genital,
posterior,
earliest,
anterior,
hippocampal,
epithelial
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