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41incipient anisotropic phase — n as used in Test Method D5061, a binder phase carbon texture having a domain size (less than 0.5 µm) that is near the measuring resolution of the light microscope. D5061 …
42incipient species — Populations that are in the process of diverging to the point of speciation but which still have the potential to interbreed even though they are prevented from doing so by a specific barrier. See also allopatric speciation, isolating… …
43incipient crack — A crack which has just started to form …
44incipient species — noun : a natural population that is more or less interfertile with another related population but is inhibited from interbreeding in nature by some specific barrier compare ecospecies …
45incipient wilting — noun : partial and temporary loss of turgor in a plant that occurs in the presence of adequate soil moisture and is associated with excessive water loss through transpiration …
46Incipiently — Incipient In*cip i*ent, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See {Inception}.] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. {In*cip i*ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
47immature cataract — incipient cataract an incomplete cataract; the lens is only slightly opaque and the cortex clear …
48incipiently — incipient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ beginning to happen or develop. DERIVATIVES incipiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin incipere undertake, begin …
49evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
50Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …
