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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. being or involving basic facts or principles;
- Example: "the fundamental laws of the universe"
- Example: "a fundamental incomatibility between them"
- Example: "these rudimentary truths"
- Example: "underlying principles"
[syn: fundamental, rudimentary, underlying]

2. being in the earliest stages of development;
- Example: "rudimentary plans"

3. not fully developed in mature animals;
- Example: "rudimentary wings"
[syn: vestigial, rudimentary]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rudimentary \Ru`di*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rudimentaire.]
   1. Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first
      principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Biol.) Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of
      development; embryonic.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rudimentary
    adj 1: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the
           fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental
           incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths";
           "underlying principles" [syn: fundamental,
           rudimentary, underlying]
    2: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary
       plans"
    3: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"
       [syn: vestigial, rudimentary]