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de·vel·op·ing  (d-vl-png)
adj.
Having a relatively low level of industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity: studied the economies of developing nations.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.developingdeveloping - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
processing - preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
underdevelopment - (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
Adj.1.developingdeveloping - relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
nonindustrial - not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises; "a nonindustrial society"
Translations
developing [dɪˈveləpɪŋ]
A. ADJ [country] → en(vías de)desarrollo; [crisis, storm] → que se avecina
B. N (Phot) → revelado m
C. CPD developing bath Nbaño m de revelado
developing [dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ] adj [world] → en voie de développement developing country
developing country npays m en voie de développement
developing
adj crisis, stormaufkommend; industryneu entstehend; interestwachsend; foetus, embryosich entwickelnd; society, economysich entwickelnd; the developing worlddie Entwicklungsländer pl
n
(Phot) → Entwickeln nt

developing:
developing bath
nEntwicklerbad nt
developing country
developing tank
nEntwicklerschale f
developing [dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ]
1. adj (industry) → in via di sviluppo; (crisis, storm) → che sta per scoppiare, imminente
2. n (Phot) → sviluppo

developing [dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ]
1. adj (industry) → in via di sviluppo; (crisis, storm) → che sta per scoppiare, imminente
2. n (Phot) → sviluppo


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At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second flowering youth, for among all the fissures of his wrinkles, there shone certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom --the spring verdure peeping forth even beneath February's snow.
Political economy told him that the laws by which the wealth of Europe had been developed, and was developing, were universal and unvarying.
He was developing a sense of humour, and found that he had a knack of saying bitter things, which caught people on the raw; he said them because they amused him, hardly realising how much they hurt, and was much offended when he found that his victims regarded him with active dislike.
 
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