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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);
- Example: "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
[syn: rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

first principle
    n 1: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he
         mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: rudiment,
         first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC,
         ABC's, ABCs]