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Grammar : Noun
Spell : roo-duh-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru də mənt

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Définition of rudiment

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle French rudiment (16c.) or directly from Latin rudimentum "early training, first experience, beginning, first principle," from rudis "unlearned, untrained" (see rude). Related: Rudiments.
  • noun basis
  • noun element
Example sentences :
  • Sometimes a rudiment of a fifth toe appears to be traceable.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • Rudiment -any: the beginning of any structure or part before it has developed.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • The fish form is that in which we have only a rudiment of the cerebrum, which is so large in man.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 » by Various
  • Yet it is not quite wanting, its rudiment is there, and this rudiment is capable of development.
  • Extract from : « Man And His Ancestor » by Charles Morris
  • Here the rudiment of a thought struck her and changed the current of her reason.
  • Extract from : « The Man » by Bram Stoker
  • Thus, man has still the rudiment of the third eyelid of his shark-ancestor.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
  • A rudiment shows that nature might have given more, but has not done so.
  • Extract from : « Modern Skepticism » by C. J. Ellicott
  • In the grub he has detected the rudiment of the wing and proboscis of the future being.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • Yet we must admit that in this habit of birds there is the rudiment, at least, of self-education.
  • Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
  • In the normal hind foot of the cat the hallux is represented by a rudiment only.
  • Extract from : « Problems of Genetics » by William Bateson

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