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▪ I. deˈveloping, vbl. n.
[f. develop v. + -ing1.]
In senses of the vb. Also attrib., as developing cup, developing room, developing solution; developing circle Spiritualism, a group of people who meet for the purpose of developing the latent psychic abilities they may possess; developing (out) paper (see quot. 1918).
1775Ash, Developing, disentangling, disengaging, uncovering. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 148/2 The result of developing depends..on the strength of the silver solution.
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1870Spiritualist 15 Oct. 111/1 A Developing Circle... Mr. A. C. Swinton..has favoured us with the following details about the gradual development of mediumship in the circle held at his house. 1960H. Edwards Spirit Healing i. 16, I received a number of messages from mediums stating that I possessed the healing gift. So I attended two church developing circles, where I again received encouragement to utilise my gift of healing. 1967Psychic News 22 Apr. 8/3 In my view, would-be healers should sit in a developing circle to receive knowledge from competent spirit guides before attempting to treat patients.
1878Abney Treat. Photogr. xvi. 118 The solution should be flowed back into the developing cup. 1884T. C. Hepworth Photogr. Amat. 149 Wavy markings on a developed plate may generally be traced to dirty dishes or developing-cups.
1918Photo-Miniature Mar. 15 Developing Out Papers (D.O.P.), papers requiring to be developed, but of such sensitiveness that they can be printed by exposure to gaslight, yet developed by the same, placed at a greater distance.
1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 166 Any one who has ever manipulated developing paper.
1882Tyndall in Longm. Mag. I. 32 The photographer..illuminates his developing room with light transmitted through red or yellow glass.
1861Photogr. News Alm. in Circ. Sc. I. 160/1 Take a sufficient quantity of the..developing solution.
▪ II. deˈveloping, ppl. a.
[f. develop v.+ -ing2.]
In senses of the vb. Esp. in developing country, developing nation, a poor or primitive country which is developing higher economic, industrial, and social conditions.
1879Athenæum 83/2 Developing animals may at any stage in embryonic history become more or less profoundly modified. 1880A. Wilson in Gentl. Mag. CCXLVI. 45 It..might be ranked as a developing snail. 1964H. Myint (title) The economics of the developing countries. 1969R. Blackburn in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 208 Bourgeois economists once talked about the economically ‘backward’ countries; then ‘underdeveloped’ was felt to be a kinder adjective. They now prefer to refer to poor capitalist countries as ‘developing nations’. 1971Times 17 Mar. 4/6 Many developing countries are facing growing unrest among young people.
▸ developing world n. (collectively, with the) those countries of the world which are poor and not fully industrialized, but are seeking to become more economically and technologically advanced (increasingly used in preference to Third World).
1961N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Apr. 9/1 India and Pakistan—where the most sustained programs of aid have been carried on and where, incidentally, live half the people of the *developing world. 1972Guardian 29 June 15/5 The developing world..is beginning to see the case for labour-intensive farming. 1996LSE Mag. Winter 25/2 New urban models, centred around transport hubs and communication networks, are being planned and realised at great speed in the developing world. |