👉 The term "rudiment" is a Latin word that refers to the smallest unit or component of something. In mathematics, it usually refers to a small piece of a larger object, such as a part of a shape, a number, or an element. For example, in algebra, a rudiment of a polynomial is a term that does not contain any variables raised to powers higher than one. In geometry, the rudiments of a polygon are the points where its vertices meet and how they are
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