DEVELOPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does developing mean? 

• DEVELOPING (noun)
  The noun DEVELOPING has 1 sense:

1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

  Familiarity information: DEVELOPING used as a noun is very rare.

• DEVELOPING (adjective)
  The adjective DEVELOPING has 1 sense:

1. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

  Familiarity information: DEVELOPING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVELOPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

developing; development

Context example:

the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours

Hypernyms ("developing" is a kind of...):

processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "developing"):

underdevelopment ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)

Derivation:

develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)

• DEVELOPING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

Synonyms:

developing; underdeveloped

Similar:

nonindustrial (not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises)

 Context examples 

This may also prevent the children from developing obesity related disorders in the future, such as type two diabetes and heart disease.

(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The guidelines recommend assessment of psychosocial risk factors in patients with established cardiovascular disease and those at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They surround and nourish developing sperm cells.

(Murine Sertoli Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are at an increased risk of developing cancer.

(Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which biomarkers (for example, biological molecules or changes in tumor cell DNA) are used to estimate a person’s risk for developing cancer.

(Molecular risk assessment, NCI Dictionary)

The miniaturizing technology, called implosion fabrication, could be applied to anything from developing smaller microscope and cell phone lenses to creating tiny robots that improve everyday life.

(Researchers Use Laser to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mustard gas is a mutagen and is a known carcinogen that is associated with an increased risk of developing lung and other respiratory tract cancers.

(Mustard Gas, NCI Thesaurus)

One from 2017 found that people who had gum disease for 10 years had a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The debris field of very fine dust was likely created from collisions among developing infant planets near the star, evidenced by a bright ring of dusty debris seen 7 billion miles from the star.

(Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A, NASA)

Burning forest to make land suitable for farming or to rear livestock is a widespread practice in many parts of the developing world.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)