Definition of development

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Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..

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Upgrowth :: Upgrowth (n.) The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
Electro-magnetism :: Electro-magnetism (n.) The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..
Development :: Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
Spermatogenesis :: Spermatogenesis (n.) The development of the spermatozoids.
Oviduct :: Oviduct (n.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
Aborted :: Aborted (a.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches..
Fetus :: Fetus (n.) The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages..
Morphosis :: Morphosis (n.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.
Prodigy :: Prodigy (n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
Sociology :: Sociology (n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science..
Hypertrophy :: Hypertrophy (n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..
Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained..
Slavophile :: Slavophile (n.) One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race..
Heterocercy :: Heterocercy (n.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Anatropous :: Anatropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous..
Embryogenic :: Embryogenic (a.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
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