Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rudimentary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rudimentary \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rudimentary
adj 1: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the
fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental
incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary
truths"; "underlying principles" [syn: {fundamental},
{underlying}]
2: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary
plans"
3: (biology) not fully developed in mature animals;
"rudimentary wings" [syn: {vestigial}]
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