The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Having a relatively low level of industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity: studied the economies of developing nations.
adj. Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
v. Present participle of develop.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
adj. becoming or arising.
n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
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n. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
adj. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Word Usage
" Some of the analyses or the evaluations have focused, for example, on the effects on the developing reproductive system or the developing nervous system."