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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : roo-duh-men-tuh-ree, -tree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌru dəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri |
Definition of rudimentary
Origin :- 1827; see rudiment + -ary. Earlier was rudimental (1590s).
- adj basic, fundamental
- The choice of the bride and the nuptial ceremonies are most rudimentary.
- Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
- It is systematically to maintain a rudimentary phase of growth.
- Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey
- The Egyptians had the water-wheel and the rudimentary blast-furnace.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- After all, these are forms, the most rudimentary forms, of the scientific spirit.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
- Certain of them are, however, content with a rudimentary cavern.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- At this point we can take up the first rudimentary beginnings of Greek art.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- In point of fact architecture was still in a rudimentary stage.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- In some other genera they are present, but in a rudimentary condition.
- Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin
- To poetry, even in its most rudimentary forms, they do not seem to have attained.
- Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
- In these the sporangia are large and the ring (r) rudimentary.
- Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
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