nascent

形容词 adj.
/ˈneɪ.sənt/|/ˈnæs.ənt/    /ˈneɪ.sənt/|/ˈnæs.ənt/|/ˈnæɪ.sənt/|/ˈnæs.ənt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Emerging; just coming into existence. not-comparable
    — In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent ; In the ſecond, Antichriſt creſcent ; In the third, Antichriſt regnant ; but in this fourth, he is made Lord of the Catholike faith, and Antichriſt triumphant[…]
  2. Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept. not-comparable
    — For, as we have ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip.
  3. Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription. not-comparable
    — There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygen is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogen, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood at 98°, by slow combustion, and consequently none for supposing that water is immediately formed in respiration.
  4. Naissant. not-comparable
    — […] charges of blazonry, bends sinister and bends dexter, lions couchant, lions nascent, and[…]
  5. Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Fluxions are very nearly as the Augments of the Fluents, generated in equal, but infinitely ſmall parts of Time ; and to ſpeak exactly, are in the Prime Ratio of the naſcent Augments : but they may be expounded by any Lines that are proportional to ’em.

词源

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.
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