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undeveloped — a fishery in its very early stage of development, with very low levels of fishing effort, producing much lower quantities of fish than its potential maximum yield … Dictionary of ichthyology
Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… … Wikipedia
Early life of Jan Smuts — Jan Christian Smuts (aka Jan Christiaan Smuts), OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (24 May 1870 ndash; 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. He served as a Boer General during the Boer War … Wikipedia
embryo — noun basis for development, beginning, bud, commencement, earliest stage, fetus, first stage, genesis, germ, immature stage, inchoation, incipience, incipient organism, origin, origination, partus, rudiment, rudimentary state, seed, source, start … Law dictionary
la´tent|ly — la|tent «LAY tuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. present but not active; hidden; concealed: »latent hostility, latent ability. The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains latent if it is not planted. 2. present only in the… … Useful english dictionary
la|tent — «LAY tuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. present but not active; hidden; concealed: »latent hostility, latent ability. The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains latent if it is not planted. 2. present only in the undeveloped stage… … Useful english dictionary
embryo — [em′brē ō΄] n. pl. embryos [ME embrio < ML embryo < Gr embryon, embryo, fetus, thing newly born, neut. of embryos, growing in < en , in + bryein, to swell, be full] 1. an animal in the earliest stages of its development in the uterus or… … English World dictionary
em·bry·on·ic — /ˌɛmbriˈɑːnık/ adj 1 : of or relating to an embryo human embryonic development embryonic tissue/cells 2 : in an early or undeveloped stage an embryonic plan The tourism industry there is still in/at an … Useful english dictionary
in embryo — in an initial or undeveloped stage; in conception but not yet performed … English contemporary dictionary
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium