rudiment

• Sustantivo que designa los principios básicos o elementales de una materia, o una parte del organismo que está subdesarrollada o que ha quedado como vestigio de una etapa anterior.

A noun referring to the basic or elementary principles of a subject, or to a vestigial or undeveloped part of an organism.

1. Basic principles or elementsC1formal

   The first principles or elementary stages of a subject or skill.

   Rudimentos

   • He learned the rudiments of cooking from his grandmother.
   • The course covers the rudiments of economics.
   • She mastered the rudiments of the language in just a few months.

   Sinónimosfoundationgroundworknuts and bolts

2. Vestigial or undeveloped partC2formalscientific

   A body part or organ that is incompletely developed or that remains from an earlier stage of development.

   Parte vestigial o no desarrollada

   • The human appendix is considered a rudiment of a larger organ.
   • Some snakes have rudiments of hind legs.
   • The wings of flightless birds are rudiments of their ancestors' wings.

   Sinónimosrelicremnanttracevestige