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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nascent /ˈnas(ə)nt, ˈneɪ-/

▶adjective

1 just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

2 Chemistry (chiefly of hydrogen) freshly generated in a reactive form.

– derivatives
nascency /ˈnas(ə)nsi, ˈneɪ-/ noun.

– origin C17: from L. nascent-, nasci ‘to be born’.

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