the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful |
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
a division of some larger or more complex organization | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
an area composed of subdivided lots | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose |
| processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible |
| (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 process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
| a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) |