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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

developing

· IPA /dɪˈvɛl.ə.pɪŋ/
01 adj. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
  1. 1.
    not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
  2. 2.
    becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day.
Syn. underdeveloped.
02 n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
  1. 1.
    the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn. development.