de·vel·op·ment /dɪˈvɛləpmənt, di-/
 生長,成長,進化;發展,開發,研製
 de·vel·op·ment /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/ 名詞
 發生,發育,發展,研製
 development
 發展時間
 development
 開發 發展
 De·vel·op·ment n.  [Written also developement.]
 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
    A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry.   --Channing.
 2. Biol. The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
 3. Math. (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
 4. Mus. The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
 Development theory Biol., the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian.
 Syn: -- Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth.
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 development
      n 1: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he
           congratulated them on their development of a plan to
           meet the emergency"; "they funded research and
           development"
      2: a process in which something passes by degrees to a
         different stage (especially a more advanced or mature
         stage); "the development of his ideas took many years";
         "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow
         development of her skill as a writer" [syn: evolution]
         [ant: degeneration]
      3: a recent event that has some relevance for the present
         situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a
         revolting development!"
      4: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable
         or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan
         resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn: exploitation]
      5: a district that has been developed to serve some purpose;
         "such land is practical for small park developments"
      6: a state in which things are improving; the result of
         developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);
         "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind
         and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care
         of your development before moving your queen"
      7: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing
         organically; a purely biological unfolding of events
         involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple
         to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of
         osseous development in children" [syn: growth, growing,
          maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment]
      8: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an
         image visible; "the development and printing of his
         pictures took only two hours" [syn: developing]