rudiment
(noun) the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; “Meckel’s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rudiment (plural rudiments)
(often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
(often in the plural) Something in an undeveloped form.
(biology) A body part that no longer has a function
(music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
• (biology): vestigiality
rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)
(transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.
• unmitred
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"di*ment, n. Etym: [L. rudimentum, fr. rudis unwrought, ignorant, rude: cf. F. rudiment. See Rude.]
1. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.
2. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies. Shak. There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare. Milton.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
Ru"di*ment, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. Gayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.