nascent
IPA: nˈeɪsʌnt
adjective
- 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.
- (heraldry) Naissant.
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Examples of "nascent" in Sentences
- Both the nation and the economy are nascent.
- The nascent rave culture was emerging in Los Angeles.
- All in all, the article conveys the sense of a nascent EU army.
- Baird went to work for the nascent railroad industry in the 1830s.
- Several of the crew were wounded and the nascent mutiny was quashed.
- In kabuki's nascent period, women were the only performers in the plays.
- Copper availability doesn't affect the translation of the nascent protein.
- The conception does honor to the nascent citizenship of the Pacific states.
- He worked at the Polaroid corporation in the nascent field of fiber optics.
- The nascent sense of nationalism among Punjabi Muslims evolved in the area.
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