developing

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible“the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours”Synonyms: development

Adjective (1)

relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supplySynonyms: underdeveloped

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Develop \De*vel"op\ (d[-e]*v[e^]l"[o^]p), 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. [1913 Webster]

These serve to develop its tenets.— Milner.[1913 Webster]

The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy.— The Century.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The sound developed itself into a real compound.— J. Peile.[1913 Webster]

All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.— Owen.[1913 Webster]

3.To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. [1913 Webster]

We must develop our own resources to the utmost.— Jowett (Thucyd).[1913 Webster]

4.(Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

developing \developing\ adj.

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]

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]