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Nascency
Nas′cen-cy
(năs′sen-sy̆)
, Noun.
[L.
nascentia
. See Nascent
.] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Nascent
passions and anxieties. Berkley.
2.
(Chem.)
Evolving; being evolved or produced;
as, nascent
. oxygen
Nascent state
(Chem.)
, the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, – a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties;
as, hydrogen in the
.nascent state
is a strong reducer