NASCENT

nascent

(adjective) being born or beginning; “the nascent chicks”; “a nascent insurgency”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nascent (not comparable)

Emerging; just coming into existence.

(mathematics, obsolete) Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta.

Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.

(chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.

Synonyms

• (emerging): emergent, emerging, immature, inchoate, incipient, infant, in statu nascendi

Antonyms

• dying

• moribund

Source: Wiktionary


Nas"cent, a. Etym: [L. nascens, -entis, p.pr. nasci to be born. See Nation, and cf. Naissant.]

1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. Nascent passions and anxieties. Berkley.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: Evolving; being evolved or produced. Nascent state (Chem.), the supposed instantaneous or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound acid, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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