Meaning of NASCENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'nasunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] coming into existence; "a nascent republic" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aborning, emergent, emerging |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nas"cent\, 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.
Nascent passions and anxieties. --Berkley.
2. (Chem.) 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.
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