RUDIMENT
\ɹˈuːdɪmənt], \ɹˈuːdɪmənt], \ɹ_ˈuː_d_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of RUDIMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
By Princeton University
-
Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
-
An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
-
To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
By Oddity Software
-
Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
-
An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
-
To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
By Noah Webster.
-
The first or introductory principle of an art, science, etc.; as, the rudiments of composition; anything in its first or undeveloped state; a beginning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
-
n. [Latin] An element or first principle of any part or science;— that which is to be first learnt; elementary book or first part of education;— the original or beginning of any thing; first form or shape, usually imperfect or experimental;- in botany, the germen, ovary, or seed bud;— also, an imperfect organ; an organ which is never fully formed.
Word of the day
Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.