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nascent state
noun
, Chemistry.
- the condition of an element at the instant it is set free from a combination in which it has previously existed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nascent state1
First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences
Oxygen, especially in the nascent state, is very powerful upon dyes.
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To express this fact elements at the instant of liberation are said to be in the nascent state.
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He declares that no kind of rocks known to us can be proved to belong to 'a nascent state 51 of the planet.'
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The same is true of oxygen in the nascent state as illustrated by the use of hypochlorites for the same purpose.
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Considerable as these additions were, the nascent State could not even yet be considered as important in size.
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