| Pronunciation: | | `roodu'menturee
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- [adj] being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans"
- [adj] (biology) not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"
- [adj] being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
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RUDIMENTARY is a 11 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | basic, fundamental, incomplete, uncomplete, underlying, undeveloped, vestigial |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ru`di*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rudimentaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first
principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.
2. (Biol.) Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of
development; embryonic.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Poorly developed and not functional. Compare vestigial, obsolete. |
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