nascent
adjective
- coming into being; being born
- beginning to form, start, grow, or develop: said of ideas, cultures, etc.
- Chem. designating or of the state of an element just released from a compound and having unusual chemical activity because atoms of the element have not combined to form molecules: nascent chlorine
See nascent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(năsˈənt, nāˈsənt)
adjective Coming into existence; emerging: “the moral shock of our nascent imperialism” (Richard Hofstadter).
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