incipiency
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Now, the condition of this mass implies a rotation about an imaginary axis—a rotation which, commencing with the absolute incipiency of the aggregation, has been ever since acquiring velocity.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe
What was afterwards known as the Lincoln County War was just then in its incipiency.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by Robert Henderson McKay
He might have put an end to the enterprise in its very incipiency, but he did not.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
The chief trouble is the lack of water for putting out a fire in its incipiency.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary Helen Fee
To evolve the silk glands would have required, as for most other organs, a long period of incipiency, during which they would have been useless.
From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Theodore Graebner
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