nascent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Emerging; just coming into existence.
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.
Naissant.
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.

/ˈneɪ.sənt/ /ˈnæs.ənt/ en-us-nascent.ogg en-us-nascent-2.ogg /ˈnæɪ.sənt/

nascent

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.

emergent emerging immature inchoate incipient infant in statu nascendi

dying moribund

antenatal innate natal native nativism natural naturalism naturel naturism prenatal

connascent nascent hydrogen nascently nascentness nascent protein renascent

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