noun. undefined

noun. A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning.

noun. Something in an incipient or undeveloped form.

noun. An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.

To furnish with first principles or rules; ground; settle in first principles.

noun. Anything which is in an undeveloped state; the principle which lies at the beginning or bottom of any development; an unformed or unfinished beginning.

noun. An element or first principle of any art or science; especially, in the plural, the beginning, first steps, or introduction to any branch of knowledge; the elements or elementary notions.

noun. In biology: That which is rudimentary; that which is in its first or an early stage of development, which may or may not be continued; the beginning or foundation of any part or organ: as, the rudiment of the embryo which is to go on to maturity; the rudiment of an organ whose further development has been arrested or aborted

noun. That which is vestigial; a vestigial or aborted part, organ, or structure; an abortion; a vestige.

noun. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.

noun. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.

noun. An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.

transitive verb. To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.

noun. A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).

noun. Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural)

noun. A body part that no longer has a function

noun. In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

noun. the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life

noun. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

"His is a strain of conceptualist evanescence that is highly material in its rudiment - a matter of celluloid disintegrated into acrylic emulsion."

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