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(Zool.) See Oryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; as, the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook; the state's well-developed industries. Oppositre of undeveloped. [ Narrower terms: formulated; mature ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; -- of real estate. new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river
Syn. -- improved. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, develops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs. By the action of the developer, the latent image on a photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes visible. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. a corporation or individual who finances or organizes a real estate development{ 5 }. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eloped p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping. ] [ D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, v. t. ] To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great numbers of them [ the women ] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who elopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. enveloppe. ] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.

4. A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft; -- it is often described graphically as a two-dimensional graph of a function showing the maximum of one performance variable as a function of another. Now it is also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine. [ PJC ]

push the envelope to increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usually by technological development. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. enclosed or surrounded completely; as, the fog-enveloped city. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. very complex or intricate; -- used especially of technology.
Syn. -- advanced. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. having most of its industrial production in the most modern state; -- used of countries and societies. Contrasted with undeveloped or developing.
Syn. -- industrialized, advanced, industrial. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖prop. n. [ From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr. Phnelo`ph. ] (Zool.) A genus of curassows, including the guans. [ 1913 Webster ]