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infancy

[ in-fuhn-see ]

noun

plural infancies.
  1. the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
  2. the corresponding period in the existence of anything; very early stage:

    Space science is in its infancy.

  3. infants collectively.
  4. Law. the period of life to the age of majority, 21 years at common law but now usually 18; minority; nonage.


infancy

/ ˈɪ²Ô´ÚÉ™²Ô²õɪ /

noun

  1. the state or period of being an infant; childhood
  2. an early stage of growth or development
  3. infants collectively
  4. the period of life prior to attaining legal majority (reached at 21 under common law, at 18 by statute); minority nonage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of infancy1

From the Latin word infantia, dating back to 1485–95. See infant, -cy
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He would have been one of 13 children, but two died in infancy.

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And there is the artificial intelligence revolution in the infancy of its influence.

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"The eVTOL aircraft industry is still in its infancy with initial operations a few years away, but it also needs to train large numbers of pilots in the coming years," he says.

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This is not, it must be stressed, a criticism of Tuchel, whose tenure in its infancy.

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The smartphone may then have been unimaginable — Alexander Graham Bell was barely out of infancy —yet the impulse to reach for it was already there.

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