Nascent
nas·cent
[ˈnāsənt, ˈnasənt]
Adjective :
- (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential:
“the nascent space industry”
Synonyms: just beginning · budding · developing · growing · embryonic · incipient · young · fledgling · evolving · emergent · dawning · burgeoning
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in chemistry
(chiefly of hydrogen) freshly generated in a reactive form.
Origin: early 17th cent.: from Latin nascent- ‘being born,’ from the verb nasci.
Forms:
nascent (adjective)
Oxford Dictionary
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