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developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, the carefully elaborated theme. Syn. -- detailed, elaborate. [WordNet 1.5]

A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

e to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (e) Magnetic electricity, electricity developed by the action of magnets. (f) Positive electricity, the electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also vitreous electricity.

Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electri…

The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.

The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who h…

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford.

A hard tumor developed from the gums.

To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. Carleton.

The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

s plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.

of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior.

The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.

nament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.