developmental
English
Etymology
From development + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
developmental (not comparable)
- Related to development.
- Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
Derived terms
- codevelopmental
- cyclodevelopmental
- developmental biologist
- developmental biology
- developmental disability
- developmental disorder
- developmentalism
- developmentalist
- developmental language disorder
- developmentally
- developmental position
- developmental psycholinguistics
- developmental psychologist
- developmental psychology
- ecodevelopmental
- evolutionary developmental biology
- intellectual developmental disorder
- neurodevelopmental
- nondevelopmental
- oncodevelopmental
- pervasive developmental disorder
- pharmacodevelopmental
- postdevelopmental
Translations
Noun
developmental (plural developmentals)
- A trainee flight controller.
- 2007 May 12, Matthew L. Wald, “As Kennedy Traffic Rises, So Do Worries About Delays and Heavier Runway Use”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.