developing  /dɪv'ɛləpɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  developing
  (a.)發展中的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Develop \De*vel"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Developed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Developing}.] [F. d['e]veloper; d['e]- (L. dis-) +
     OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup
     agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable
     or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf.
     {Voluptuous}); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere,
     volutum, to roll (cf. {Devolve}). Cf. {Envelop}.] [Written
     also {develope}.]
     1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to
        lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or
        known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to
        develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
  
              These serve to develop its tenets.    --Milner.
  
              The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and
              developing the line of the enemy.     --The Century.
  
     2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to
        bring through a succession of states or stages, each of
        which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a
        process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an
        embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of
        being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a
        flower; to develop the mind.
  
              The sound developed itself into a real compound.
                                                    --J. Peile.
  
              All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before
              the wings are fully developed.        --Owen.
  
     3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase;
        to promote the growth of.
  
              We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd).
  
     4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic
        expression, by executing certain indicated operations
        without changing the value.
  
     5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or
        latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical
        agents; to bring to view.
  
     {To develop a curved surface on a plane} (Geom.), to produce
        on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the
        curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch
        the plane.
  
     Syn: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open;
          disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  developing
       adj 1: relating to societies in which capital needed to
              industrialize is in short supply [syn: {underdeveloped}]
       2: gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something
          latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the
          long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of
          spring"
       3: making or becoming visible through or as if through the
          action of a chemical agent; "he watched as the developing
          photograph became clearer and sharper"
       n : processing a photosensitive material in order to make an
           image visible; "the development and printing of his
           pictures took only two hours" [syn: {development}]