RUDIMENT
rudiment
Noun
- A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).
- We learn the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
- Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).
- I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
- A body part that no longer has a function
- In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
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