nascent
nascent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced. Nascent state (Chem.), the supposed instantaneous or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound acid, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afresh
- ago
- and
- anew
- bene
- brand-new
- daisy
- date
- day
- dictum
- est
- evergreen
- fashion
- fashionable
- fire-new
- fresh
- gloss
- green
- hip
- immature
- immaturity
- innovation
- jam
- just
- late
- lately
- latterly
- long
- minute
- modern
- modernism
- modernize
- mushroom
- neoteric
- new
- newly
- newness
- non
- not
- novel
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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