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development

development

31 4.2
The process that makes a picture appear on film
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
  • Specialized
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  • Significant involvement by the external auditors in the development of auditees' systems will probably be necessary.

Examples

  • This group is working on expanding software development for the InTech server chip.

  • With six pictures in development and two in production, I felt invincible.

  • The discourse in child welfare shifted to a focus on the healthy development of individuals.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Likewise, our teaching is often oriented toward the development of skills rather than musical expression.

    Academic text (1991)
  • We demonstrate this framework as a part of intervention development that bridges education and mental health in urban schools.

    Academic text (2011)
  • After 18 months of development, 10 months of procrastination, hip hopper has now been submitted for App Store approval.

  • Low-cost and hacker-friendly stereo cameras have spurred a wave of development in stereo vision processing.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Furthermore, learning is closely aligned with cognitive, social, and emotional development (Bloom, Mesia, & Krathwohl, 1964).

    Academic text (2012)
  • The development of the photograph was completed after several hours of treating the film with chemicals.

  • During the art class, we learned about the development process that brings images to life on photographic paper.

Synonyms

developing
vsdevelopment
  • Specialized
1 5.7

The process of treating film with chemicals to make a picture visible

is the same process but without mentioning the chemical treatment

Compounds

A process in which a region or country becomes richer and people live better

A United States government department that creates and runs programs to help people find affordable homes

An area with many similar homes built together and run as one community

The process of creating new or better products for customers

A set of steps people follow to make a product or finish a project

A part of the United States government that runs housing and city programs for people

The head of the United States government department for housing and cities

Preparing land so people can build on it or use it for farming

arrested development
  • Specialized
2 7.5

A condition when a person's body or mind stops growing normally before it finishes

embryonic development
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A process in which a very early baby forms and grows before birth

A process in which a child's personality and feelings about sex change through stages like oral and genital

water development
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Work to improve how an area finds, stores, and uses water

A former U.S. intelligence agency that did advanced computer research

An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools

Part of the World Bank that gives low-interest loans and grants to the poorest countries

5.3

The gradual learning of how the mind controls body movement

7.4

Building houses in a long narrow line along a road outside a town

A United Nations group that helps countries reduce poverty and include all people in society

How Developed

overdevelopment
  • Specialized
8.1
development
  • Specialized
31 4.2
underdevelopment
  • Specialized
7.5

Surface Forms

development singular
developments plural

Morphology

development = develop (semi-transparent) = develop + ment

The formation is clear, but the specific meaning related to photographic processing is a specialized technical usage.

Etymology

Development comes from develop, made from de- and velop (like envelope) and meaning 'bring out' or 'unfold'. That explains photographic development, which is the process that 'brings out' the hidden image on film.