Nascent \Nas"cent\ (n[a^]s"sent; n[=a]"sent), a. [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.
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Nascent passions and anxieties. --Berkley.
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2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent
oxygen.
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Nascent state (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of
an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one
compound, and not yet united with another, -- a
hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical
properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong
reducer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nascent
adj : coming into existence; "a nascent republic" [syn: emergent,
emerging]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "nascent":
abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning,
budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fetal,
formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo,
in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate,
inchoative, incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial,
initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, natal, original,
parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime,
primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental,
rudimentary, ur
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
emergent, emerging
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