nascent
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.
- borrowed from nāscēns
Definitions
Emerging
Emerging; just coming into existence.
- In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent ; In the ſecond, Antichriſt creſcent ; In the third, Antichriſt regnant ; but in this fourth, he is made Lord of the Catholike faith, and Antichriſt triumphant[…]
- Locke has another plaque at Crediton station, on the line from Exeter to Barnstaple. It tells us that his "great number of unsurpassed works include the building of the nascent London & South Western Railway".
Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.
- For, as we have ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip.
Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or…
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.
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Naissant.
- […] charges of blazonry, bends sinister and bends dexter, lions couchant, lions nascent, and[…]
- Marks of the makers : the initials of the maker and the arms of the town : a lion nascent with three flames.
- [...] in chief a demi lion nascent gules.
Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal…
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nascent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA