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in statu nascendi

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., in the nascent stage; in the condition of a substance at the moment of its separating from a compound, when it frequently exhibits a greater degree of chemical activity than it does after complete isolation: thus nascent hydrogen will decompose silver chlorid at atmospheric temperature, though hydrogen gas will not.

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