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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Develop \De*vel"op\ (d[-e]*v[e^]l"[o^]p), verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
developing \developing\ n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn: development. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
developing \developing\ adjective
1. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
Syn: underdeveloped. [WordNet 1.5]
2. [pr. p. of {develop} (WN definition 5)] becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
developing
adjective
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"
noun: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" [syn: {development}]
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