transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrü-də-ˈmen-tə-rē, -ˈmen-trē ]
adjective
Date: 1839
1. : consisting in first principles : fundamental
had only a rudimentary formal education — D. J. Boorstin
2. : of a primitive kind
the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary — A. J. Toynbee
3. : very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige
the rudimentary tail of a hyrax
• ru·di·men·tar·i·ly -ˌmen-ˈter-ə-lē, -ˈmen-trə-lē adverb
• ru·di·men·ta·ri·ness -ˈmen-tə-rē-nəs, -ˈmen-trē- noun