developingn.
/dᵻˈvɛləpɪŋ/, U.S. /dəˈvɛləpɪŋ/, /diˈvɛləpɪŋ/ 1. The action or an act of developing (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being in preparation > making or becoming mature
ripingeOE
concoction1555
hatching1555
ripening1561
maturation1605
incubation1614
gestation1615
coction1683
development1724
developing1744
ageing1853
maturing1897
1744 tr. G. A. Bazin Nat. Hist. Bees viii. 158 The developing [Fr. développement] of the butterfly becomes more or less quick.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Developing, disentangling, disengaging, uncovering.
1783 J. Barry Acct. Series Pictures at Adelphi 23 The higher exertions of Art..require, for the develloping of all their beauties, not only some degree of information in the spectator, but also that he considers them with some attention and study.
1820 J. S. Bingham in tr. D. L. Ponziani Incomparable Game of Chess Pref. p. vi The work is divided into three Parts, the first of which..contains many general rules, very useful to impress the Student with good principles, from the first developing of the Pieces to the end.
1826 Selector Feb. 26/1 The anxious father carefully watches the early developings of mind.
1880 R. Challoner Hist. of Sci. & Art of Music i. vii. 114 The different orchestral instruments..take a more conspicuous part in the developing of the motivos.
1908 Manufactures 1905: Pt. III (U.S. Dept. Commerce & Labor) 926/1 An entirely new departure in the making of hard porcelain and in the developing of ‘grand feu’ glazes.
1973 N.Y. Amsterdam News 21 Apr. b5/1 Steps have been taken for the developing of new foods that are high in nutrition and economical in price.
2007 G. D. Yarberry Managing in Real World xvii. 121 The developing of talent will rest on your organizational needs and also the individual need.
2. Photography. The action or process of developing a photograph; = development n. 12.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > development
development1839
developing1851
1851 R. Hunt Photography xi. 134 [The protosulphate of iron] is the most energetic agent for developing with which we are acquainted.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 148/2 The result of developing depends..on the strength of the silver solution.
1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxvi. 220 The image thus produced is known as a ‘latent image’, and it is made visible in the next stage of the process, known as developing.
2007 A. Cartwright Mixed Emulsions iii. 67/3 Typically the developing of such a roll of film is an exercise in automatic technique.
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C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 2).
developing room n.
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1853 Jrnl. Photogr. Soc. 21 Nov. 134/1 He hurries to the developing room.
1882 J. Tyndall in Longman's Mag. 1 32 The photographer..illuminates his developing room with light transmitted through red or yellow glass.
1916 Lotus Mag. June 372/2 The ruby glass of a lantern in a photographer's developing room protects a sensitive plate.
2002 New Republic 14 Oct. 31/1 Edward Weston..made the unfortunate Charis Weston slave away in his developing room inhaling toxic chemicals.
developing solution n.
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1853 Ann. Sci. 15 Feb. 100/1 Blow the surface a little and put the 8 drops of No. 2 into the No. 1 measure, and pour the developing solution into this from the proof.
1924 Pop. Mech. Jan. 156/2 The individual plates are not handled from the time they leave the developing solution until they are dry.
2000 D. J. Phinney & J. H. Halstead Delmar's Dental Assisting xvii. 354/2 The rinsing stops the process of the developing solution.
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developing circle n. Spiritualism a group of people who meet for the purpose of gaining enhanced psychic abilities; the circular formation in which such a group sits during meetings.
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1863 U. Clark Plain Guide Spiritualism 211 Developing circles and conference meetings are highly profitable in all places where a few earnest minds can harmonize.
1913 Washington Post 14 Dec. es6/2 A developing circle of 70 elders, with Moses as the medium, is mentioned in Numbers, xi:16, 17, 24-30.
1967 Psychic News 22 Apr. 8/3 In my view, would-be healers should sit in a developing circle to receive knowledge from competent spirit guides before attempting to treat patients.
2000 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 13 Sept. 18 One of Colin's mentors in the developing circle was an elderly lady called Lilly Greig, a friend of Edinburgh medium Helen Duncan.
developing cup n. Photography (now historical) a container in which developer (developer n. 2a) is prepared and kept during the development of photographic film or plates.
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1858 Jrnl. Photogr. Soc. 21 May 218/2 In the meantime clean out the developing cup, pour therein a sufficient quantity of developer No. 2, and pour it on and off the plate two or three times, to let it get well hold of the film.
1884 T. C. Hepworth Amateur Photographer 149 Wavy markings on a developed plate may generally be traced to dirty dishes or developing-cups.
1949 N.Y. Times 18 Sept. ii. 14 (advt.) Enamel developing cup, 3 for 59c.
1981 R. Taylor G. W. Wilson viii. 107/1 With the tent erected and dampened, Wilson carefully laid out his various trays, developing cups and dropping-bottles in a specific order.
developing machine n. any of various machines designed to aid in developing something; spec. a machine designed to develop photographs.
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1883 U.S. Patent 282,831 1/1 My invention relates to improvements in developing-machines by means of which patterns of various kinds may be traced.
1903 Camera Craft Apr. 235 The Kodak Developing Machine develops film better than it can be done in a darkroom, and makes it practical to make pictures from start to finish almost anywhere.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 398 Developing machine minder (textile printing).
2009 Science 20 Nov. 1131/1 With this one instrument, a lab can address all its imaging needs relating to proteomics workflow, replacing the need for separate imaging stations or a darkroom and developing machine.
developing-out paper n. Photography (now historical) sensitized photographic paper which, following exposure, is chemically treated to produce a visible image; a piece of this; contrast with printing out paper n. at printing n. Compounds 2b.
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1901 Rep. Industr. Comm. XIII. 181 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (57th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 182) LXXVI A developing-out paper is one that is exposed in a dark room for a few seconds to either gaslight or electric light, and then a solution called a developer is poured over the paper and the image at once begins to appear.
1949 Pop. Photogr. Dec. 185/1 Several of our group started reminiscing about the tones and toning processes in general use by photographers prior to the introduction of developing out paper.
2008 R. Benson Printed Picture vii. 148 The papers were exposed and then had to be developed, so we can call them ‘developing-out papers’, or ‘DOP’ (as opposed to the older POP, or printing-out papers).
developing paper n. Photography †(a) paper that has been saturated with developer, used as means of applying developing solution directly to a photograph (Obsolete rare); (b) paper with a special coating on which a photographic image can be recorded; = photographic paper n. at photographic adj. Compounds; (c) = developing-out paper n.
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1874 Manufacturer & Builder Oct. 240/2 In order now to develop the picture, place it on a glass, stone, or flat porcelain slab, print side upward, lay the piece of developing paper on it, then moisten the latter thoroughly, and place a second piece of moist flannel or cloth over it.
1885 N.Y. Times 22 June 4/5 Any one can become a medium at the low price of fifty cents per month and a small additional expenditure for developing paper.
1916 G. Stratton-Porter At Foot of Rainbow (new ed.) 25 I did my best work with printing-out paper, but I was compelled to use a developing paper in this extremity, because it could be worked with much more speed.
2014 J. Berglund in C. Tan Reforms in Islamic Educ. xi. 227 As one picture emerges on the developing paper, the outline of a cube that resembles the Kaba can be seen.
developing tank n. (a) a lightproof container used for developing film, in which the film, plate, etc., is exposed to developing solution; (b) (in thin layer and paper chromatography) a container in which a plate or sheet of paper to which a mixture to be separated has been applied is exposed to a solvent.
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1869 E. Curtis in Rep. Observ. on Total Eclipse Sun (U.S. Naval Observatory) 155 The operator at the developing tank has thus the vitally important duty to perform of estimating..what modification should be made in the exposure for the succeeding plates.
1951 Financial Times 18 Jan. 6/4 British photographic items, such as a projector-enlarger, developing tanks, and precision range-finder also met enthusiastic American consumer reception.
1958 Science 4 Apr. 757/1 The chromatograms were removed daily, dried, and returned to the developing tanks during the seven days that the chromatography was performed.
1984 Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 92 366 The solvent front was allowed to migrate to within 10 mm of the top and the plate was then transferred to an iodine developing tank.
2010 M. T. Ford Road Home x. 69 The timer dinged, and Burke upended the developing tank, emptying it into the sink.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
developingadj.
/dᵻˈvɛləpɪŋ/, U.S. /dəˈvɛləpɪŋ/, /diˈvɛləpɪŋ/ 1. That develops or is being developed (in various senses of the verb); esp. growing, maturing.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [adjective]
developing1808
evolutionary1810
evolutive1823
evolutional1862
derivative1871
historical1875
evolutionistic1885
transformistic1887
pre-evolutionary1889
1808 C. Thomson tr. Holy Bible II. Job xix. 29 Stand in awe, I beseech you, of the developing scene [Gk. ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος].
1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 4 The depth of these bony cells is sufficient only to contain the developing teeth and teeth-pulps.
1879 Athenæum 19 July 83/2 Developing animals may at any stage in embryonic history become more or less profoundly modified.
1919 J. B. Watson Psychol. vii. 266 The developing child must pass through all the stages the race has passed through.
1996 J. Kotker Dean Koontz 60 It is also a love story in the developing relationship between the protagonists.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1359/2 Value engineering analyses a developing product so that the focus is on those attributes that make the product appeal to the consumer.
2. spec. Designating a country, region, etc., which has not yet advanced economically and socially (but is seeking to do so), and which typically has lower living standards and less investment in education, industry, new technologies, etc., than the developed world. Cf. developed adj. 2, under-developed adj. b.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > groups of countries > [adjective] > developing
developing1861
1861 N.Y. Times 1 Nov. 4/5 Why then does England supply half of Europe and the developing countries of Asia and Africa not only with locomotives, but with machinery in general?
1923 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 31 544 To argue that..from now forward we shall be the world's capitalist, supplying the developing countries with needed funds, does not necessarily follow from the obvious facts of the case.
1969 R. Blackburn in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 208 Bourgeois economists once talked about the economically ‘backward’ countries; then ‘underdeveloped’ was felt to be a kinder adjective. They now prefer to refer to poor capitalist countries as ‘developing nations’.
1997 Vanity Fair Dec. 226/1 The world's largest developing economy was now, post-Mao, looking greedily at the world around it.
2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Aug. 12/3 Brazil is also a model for other developing countries looking to help the poorest of their citizens.
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developing world n. (with the) the developing countries of the world considered collectively (see sense 2).Now frequently used in preference to Third World.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > groups of countries > [noun] > undeveloped or having low level of development
developing world1908
rest1932
Third World1963
tiers monde1963
south1966
Fourth World1967
Global South1968
1908 Weekly Advocate (Victoria, Texas) 12 Dec. 2/1 They should remember that the call of the developing world for the world's surplus capital is continuous.
1961 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Apr. 9/1 India and Pakistan—where the most sustained programs of aid have been carried on and where, incidentally, live half the people of the developing world.
2014 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 30/2 Americans, just like many in Britain, have become sensitive to the exodus of manufacturing to the developing world.
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