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DEVELOPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
Example:
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
Synonyms:
developing; development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("developing" is a kind of...):
processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "developing"):
underdevelopment ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)
Derivation:
develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Synonyms:
developing; underdeveloped
Classified under:
Similar:
nonindustrial (not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb develop
Sense 2
-ing form of the verb develope
Context examples:
Professor Craig Smith, head of EOS Space Systems, the Australian company that is developing the junk-busting devices, explained how it would work.
(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)
Patients with MGUS are at an increased risk of developing cancer.
(MGUS, NCI Dictionary)
In some cases, metaplastic changes alone may mean there is an increased chance of cancer developing at the site.
(Metaplastic carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
People with Aldrich syndrome are at increased risk of developing leukemia and lymphoma.
(Aldrich syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
Patients with chronic ulcerative colitis are at a higher risk in developing appendiceal adenocarcinomas compared to the general population.
(Appendix Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A thickened surface layer of ectodermal cells found at the end of each limb bud in the developing embryo.
(Apical Ectodermal Ridge, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with long-standing lymphedema are at increased risk of developing angiosarcoma.
(Angiosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Complete resection of the lesion does not reduce the risk of developing invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
(Aneuploid Dysplastic Oral Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)
A diffuse large cell lymphoma developing in an HIV positive patient.
(AIDS-Related Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
People with AIDS are at an increased risk for developing certain cancers and for infections that usually occur only in individuals with a weak immune system.
(AIDS, NCI Dictionary)
