Nascent
Nascent (nas"sent; nā"sent) , adjective
[Latin nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be born. See Nation, and compare Naissant.]
1.
Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.
Nascent passions and anxieties.
2.
(Chemistry) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen.
Collocations (1)
Nascent state (Chemistry) , the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer.