Noun

(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.

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(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

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Of more significance in the nature of branch development ; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

(countable) Something which has developed.

(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real estate development.

(real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.

(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (''cf. research).

(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.

Noun

(label) The act or (label) an act of translating, in its various senses:

# The conversion of text from one language to another.

# The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.

# (label) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.

# (label) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.

# A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.

# The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:

## (label) An ascension to Heaven without death.

## (label) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.

## (label) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.

## (label) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.

(label) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.