nascent

Meaning

Adjective

  • Emerging; just coming into existence.
  • 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.
  • 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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Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin nascens, present participle of nascor. naissant.

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