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Word: Rudiment
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin rudimentum, from rudis ‘unwrought’, on the pattern of elementum ‘element’
ˈruːdɪm(ə)nt
the first principles of (a subject)
Short Definition:first principles of
Examples:- she taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing
an undeveloped or immature part or organ, especially a structure in an embryo or larva which will develop into an organ, limb, etc.
Short Definition:undeveloped or immature part or organ
Examples:- the fetal lung rudiment
a basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle.
Short Definition:basic pattern used by drummers, such as roll
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