developing

relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent)

• “his developing social conscience”
• “after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring”

making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent

• “he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper”

processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• “the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours”