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DEVELOPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
Example:
they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each
Classified under:
Similar:
formulated (devised; developed according to an orderly plan)
mature; matured (fully considered and perfected)
Antonym:
undeveloped (not developed, mature, or fully formulated)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads
Example:
condominiums were built on the developed site
Classified under:
Similar:
improved (made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used of societies) having high industrial development
Example:
developed countries
Synonyms:
developed; highly-developed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
industrial (having highly developed industries)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb develop
Sense 2
Past simple / past participle of the verb develope
Context examples:
Take a second look at projects you developed earlier in the year that had to be put aside because of a lack of funds or time.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Researchers realized that genes weren’t protecting them, because those who moved away from the Kuna islands developed high blood pressure and heart disease at typical rates.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In 2009, a team led by Dr. Joseph LeDoux of New York University (NYU) developed a way to erase a fear memory in rats without using drugs.
(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)
Scientists have previously developed nanoparticles that can bind certain types of toxins and neutralize them.
(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)
A research group has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second.
(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It's one of several recently developed negative emissions techniques that seek to make carbon capture and storage cheaper, safer and more efficient.
(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This new method was developed with the help of the Panoptic Studio, a two-story dome embedded with 500 video cameras.
(Computer that Reads Body Language, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In the absence of observational evidence for such small-scale clumps, some researchers have developed alternative theories, including "warm dark matter."
(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)
A standardized rating scale developed by Lon S. Schneider in 1997 to evaluate a clinically relevant change in an individual's Alzheimer's Disease symptoms.
(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A proprietary treatment planning system developed by the Novalis corporation.
(BrainLab iPlan, NCI Thesaurus)
