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developer, n.|dɪˈvɛləpə(r)|
[f. develop v. + -er.]
He who or that which develops.
1833Whewell in Todhunter Acc. Whewell's Writ. (1876) II. 164 That you should think I have done any injustice to the mathematical developers. 1846G. S. Faber Lett. Tractar. Secess. 98 A developer of the Adoration of the Host from the unestablished doctrine of Transubstantiation. 1850Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. (ed. 2) 85 Developers of a certain set of theories about gods, men, and nature. 1894Chicago Advance 4 Jan., The home is the great developer of individuality and character.
b. Photogr. A chemical agent by which photographs are developed.
1869Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 281/3 By judicious management of the developer, an over-exposed and under-exposed plate can be made to work equally well. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 323/2 The iron developer and the pyrogallic acid solution for intensifying. 1890Abney Photogr. (ed. 6) 20 The chemical agents which are utilized in order to allow the development of the latent image to take place..are technically called developers, a term which, critically speaking, is a misnomer, as in the majority of cases the part they play is a secondary one.
c. Photogr. An operative who develops photographs.
1899Daily News 28 Apr. 5/2 We had two men on the train—our regular developer and his assistant. 1921in Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §527.
d. An apparatus for developing a person's muscles, etc.
1900E. Sandow Strength (rev. ed.) 41 The great value of the Developer lies in the fact that it serves to render the muscles pliable. Ibid., Exercise with the rubber Developer affords a welcome change from work with the dumb-bells. 1907Westm. Gaz. 17 Jan. 4/2 With regard to the use of grip dumb-bells and the developer, they are not intended for the abnormal development of any one muscle. 1971Woman 13 Mar. 45 (Advt.), The world's most successful bustline developer.
e. With defining word prefixed: a person who develops or matures at a specified time or speed, as late developer or slow developer (see also quot. 1961).
1930R. Lehmann Note in Music vi. 249, I was a very slow developer. By the time I started to wake up and think for myself, it was too late. 1936A. Thirkell August Folly vi. 166 He is one of those late developers, trying to himself and to others. 1942F. J. Schonell Backwardness in Basic Subjects iii. 53 They subscribe to the doctrine that dull children are frequently slow developers. 1953R. Fuller 2nd Curtain vi. 103 How frightful I must have been at thirteen... I was a late developer. 1961Where? iii. 15 Late developer, a term used to describe a child whose mental capacity matures notably later than that of most children. It is often used of a pupil who shows increasing evidence of higher ability than was apparent at 11 plus. 1971T.V. Times 11 Mar. 7/3, I have loved my 30's. I am a late developer.
f. One who develops (see develop v. 3 f) a site, etc.; a speculative builder.
1938N. L. North Real Estate Selling xvii. 257 The result was no sales, defaulted contracts, ‘busted’ developers. 1958Observer 2 Mar. 8/4 As ‘developers’ and L.P.T.B. leap-frogged over each other..far into the Home Counties. 1971M. Russell Deadline ix. 103 A developer who was..putting in a bid for the airfield with a view of erecting..a shopping precinct. |