in statu nascendiadv.
/ɪn ˌsteɪt(j)uː nəˈsɛndi/, /ɪn ˌstat(j)uː nəˈskɛndi/, U.S. /ˌɪn ˌsteɪdu nəˈsɛndi/, /ˌɪn ˌstætʃu nəˈsɛndi/, /ˌɪn ˌstɑˌtu nəˈskɛndi/ 1. Chemistry. With reference to an element, compound, or other species: at the point of formation or separation from another species; cf. nascent adj. 2c.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [phrase] > coming into existence
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in statu nascendi1858
1858 Syst. Instr. Pract. Use Blowpipe i. 24 Some substances, when exposed to the dark part of the flame, become reduced and, in statu nascendi, evaporated.
1914 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 90 92 Sulphurous acid and chlorine, which interact, in statu nascendi, giving rise to sulphuric acid and hydrogen chloride.
2014 Plant Cell 26 1190/2 This method allows detection of smaller precomplexes in statu nascendi such as comigrating Pre-D1 and Pre-D2.
2. gen. In the process of creation, formation, or construction.
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1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xvii. 11 Black can only be felt in contrast to white..; and in like manner a smell, a taste, a touch, only, so to speak, in statu nascendi, whilst, when the stimulus continues, all sensation disappears.
1927 B. Malinowski Sex & Repression in Savage Society iv. i. 180 And let us clearly and explicitly recognize that we can never observe it [sc. culture] in statu nascendi.
1948 Sci. News 7 112 The ENIAC has been in use for some time, the other machines are still in statu nascendi.
2014 T. Burzyński & J. Burzyński Taming Risk ii. 32 A firm intellectual conviction that modernity is a societal form in statu nascendi, a project open for the future.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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