developing
adj 1: relating to societies in which capital needed to
industrialize is in short supply [syn: {underdeveloped}]
2: gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something
latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the
long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of
spring"
3: making or becoming visible through or as if through the
action of a chemical agent: "he watched as the developing
photograph became clearer and sharper"
n : processing a photosensitive material in order to make an
image visible; "the development and printing of his
pictures took only two hours" [syn: {development}]