Associations to the word «Rudiment»

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

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

RUDIMENT, noun. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function

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

RUDIMENT, noun. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry".

RUDIMENT, 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".