Developed
[dɪ'veləpt] or [dɪ'vɛləpt]
Definition
(adj.) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; 'the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook'; 'they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each' .
(adj.) (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; 'condominiums were built on the developed site' .
(adj.) (used of societies) having high industrial development; 'developed countries' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Develop
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Examples
- But over most of the world the Lower Pal?olithic culture had developed into a more complicated and higher life twenty or thirty thousand years ago. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And without those powers, what mechanical tool or machine has since been developed? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The first civilizations in Egypt and the Euphrates-Tigris valley probably developed directly out of this widespread culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a difference amongst them as amongst the educated; and when I got to know them, and they me, this difference rapidly developed itself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The intricate and pretentious art of diplomacy developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Korea long ago went a step farther and developed a true alphabet from the same Chinese origins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1858 also, about the same time the Sturtevant pegging machine was introduced, the shoe-sewing machine was developed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In later years these ideas developed into a definite political theory and policy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such an elaborately developed, perplexing, exciting dream was certainly never dreamed by a girl in Eustacia's situation before. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Flowers had developed concurrently with bees and butterflies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Or the Nordic peoples also may have developed separately from a pal?olithic stage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not without significance that both Gilbert and Harvey had spent years in Italy, where, as we have implied, the experimental method of scientific research was early developed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There are other species of geese, as I hear from Mr. Bartlett, in which the lamellae are less developed than in the common goose. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Another division was the crocodile branch, and another developed towards the tortoises and turtles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But before coming to that, we have to note the theory of experience and knowledge developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not as well as you, dear, he rejoined, wondering what had suddenly developed in her Janey's morbid interest in clothes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- When such a plate has been developed and fixed, as described in Section 121, we have the so-called negative (Fig. 83). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Out of the few simple machines mentioned in the preceding Sections has developed the complex machinery of to-day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is in this little place that there was developed the remarkable mixture which is to play so vital a part in the successful construction of these everlasting homes for living millions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great canals, especially the Suez, developed a new system of canal engineering. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We have seen in an earlier chapter that geometry developed as a sci ence is becoming gradually weaned from the art of surveying. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I had rather have one faculty nobly developed than two faculties of mere ordinary capacity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The modern engineer has merely developed the art to a high degree. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A great industry of beautiful and elaborate fabrics and furnishings developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Community of study and amusement developed the best parts of his character, his steady perseverance, generosity, and well-governed firmness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The use of the weakened inoculation had developed it s resistance to infection. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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