Nascent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Derived terms

English

Etymology

Latin from nascere, to be born.

Adjective

nascent

1. emerging; just coming into existence

   India has a nascent space industry.

2. ((chemistry{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) of the state of an element at the time it is generated from some compound

Derived terms

• nascent hydrogen
• nascent proteins

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