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RUDIMENTARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rudimentary mean? 

RUDIMENTARY (adjective)
  The adjective RUDIMENTARY has 3 senses:

1. being or involving basic facts or principlesplay

2. being in the earliest stages of developmentplay

3. not fully developed in mature animalsplay

  Familiarity information: RUDIMENTARY used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUDIMENTARY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or involving basic facts or principles

Synonyms:

fundamental; rudimentary; underlying

Context example:

underlying principles

Similar:

basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Being in the earliest stages of development

Context example:

rudimentary plans

Similar:

incomplete; uncomplete (not complete or total; not completed)

Derivation:

rudiment (the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Not fully developed in mature animals

Synonyms:

rudimentary; vestigial

Context example:

rudimentary wings

Similar:

undeveloped (not developed, mature, or fully formulated)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

rudiment (the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life)


 Context examples 


There is a method in his madness, and the rudimentary idea in my mind is growing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The coccyx is a result of 3-5 fused rudimentary vertebrae.

(Coccyx, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare congenital brain defect in which the cerebral cortex, striatum, globus pallidus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and eyes are absent or rudimentary.

(Aprosencephaly, NCI Thesaurus)

The organ of milk secretion; one of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male.

(Female Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast. 1. The pectoral surface of the thorax. 2. The organ of milk secretion; one of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male.

(Murine Breast, Female, NCI Thesaurus)



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