development

Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• A state in which things are improving

• A purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• The process of an individual organism growing organically

• A district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• The result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)