act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object |
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole |
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) |
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose | a segment of a citrus fruit |
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | a small army unit usually having a special function |
(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 | a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class |
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon |
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) | a specialized division of a large organization |
| a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately |
| (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid |
| a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people |
| a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope |
| a land unit equal to 1 square mile |