nascent
Definitions
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Emerging; just coming into existence. not-comparable
- Incipient, nascent.
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Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept. not-comparable
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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. not-comparable
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Naissant. not-comparable
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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. not-comparable, obsolete
Examples
“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".”
“For, as we have⟳ ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip.”
“There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygen is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogen, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood at 98°, by slow combustion, and consequently none for supposing that water is immediately formed in respiration.”
“[…] 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.”
“Fluxions are very nearly as the Augments of the Fluents, generated in equal, but infinitely ſmall parts of Time ; and to ſpeak exactly, are in the Prime Ratio of the naſcent Augments : but they may be expounded by any Lines that are proportional to ’em.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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