nascent

UK/ˈneɪ.sənt/US/ˈneɪ.sənt/

adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,972 of 15,258mostly written

Nascent means just coming into being. A nascent industry, nascent democracy, still nascent.

It is used of movements, industries and states, and it carries the fragility of anything newly born. The Latin means being born, and it is a doublet of the heraldic naissant.

Definitions of nascent

1adjectivenascentJust coming into being.C2
“The country's nascent film industry has already produced a few international hits.”

nascent is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin nascens means being born, from nasci, to be born.

Proto-Indo-European
*ǵenh₁-
Latin
nāscēns
English, today
nascent

Built from

nāscor · Latin — to be born

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). a doublet of naissant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

nascent in the wild

In the Rho-dependent process, the Rho protein locates and binds a signal sequence in the nascent RNA transcript and signals for cleavage.
Intrinsic termination
When the termination process begins, the nascent transcript forms a stable secondary structure known as a hairpin loop or a stem-loop.
Intrinsic termination
Often encountered are atomic oxygen (Onasc), nascent hydrogen (Hnasc), and similar forms of chlorine (Clnasc) or bromine (Brnasc).
Nascent state (chemistry)
Still popular in the early 20th century, the nascent state theory was recognized as declining by 1942.
Nascent state (chemistry)
Birney of the nascent Liberty Party took two percent of the popular vote, and may have swung the election by taking votes from Clay in New York.
1844 United States elections

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