PUPATIONS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word pupations. (close relations)
Definition of PUPATIONS
Best Alternative Words for PUPATIONS
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development | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining • a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) • (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 recent event that has some relevance for the present situation • the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful • a district that has been developed to serve some purpose • a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible • (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | ||||||||
emergence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the gradual beginning or coming forth • the becoming visible • the act of emerging • the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | ||||||||
maturation | nounn | |||||||
noun • coming to full development; becoming mature • (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 • (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | ||||||||
metamorphosis | nounn | |||||||
noun • the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals • a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances • a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft | ||||||||
transformation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a qualitative change • (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system • a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure • (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA • the act of changing in form or shape or appearance |