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ru•di•men•ta•ry
Pronunciation: (rOO"du-men'tu-rē, -trē), [key]—
adj.
1. pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary:
a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
2. of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.
3. primitive.
Also,ru"di•men'tal.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.