rudiment
[noun]
Synonyms: essential, basic, element, fundamental, part and parcel, alphabet, ABC's, elements, fundamentals, grammar, principles

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ru·di·ment (rdə-mənt)
n.
► A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning. Often used in the plural.
► Something in an incipient or undeveloped form. Often used in the plural:
the rudiments of social behavior in children; the rudiments of a plan of action.
► Biology. An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.

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rudiment
[Latin rudīmentum, from rudis, rough, unformed.]

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rudiment
rudi·mental (-měntl) adj.

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