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infancy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for infancy.

Editorial note

The cloud-style research on making something comparable with strong correctness arguments is in infancy and almost all academic R&D.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

The state of being an infant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of infancy gathered in one view.

noun

The state of being an infant.

noun

The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

noun

(law) The state of being a minor.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for infancy.

Example sentences

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The cloud-style research on making something comparable with strong correctness arguments is in infancy and almost all academic R&D.

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He seemed to be a very smart man with a keen eye for seeing societal changes in their infancy.

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That's why the environment during infancy and childhood has such a massive effect later in life.

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Muon was still in its infancy back then, so you were using...

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The human knowledge in this area is not even in infancy yet.

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I am quite confident that Facebook would have died in it's infancy had it been created in some state college.

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Im not an expert but I think that bed nets reduce infection in infancy.

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Relative to other industries software is definitely in its infancy.

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Actor model and CSP are in their infancy w.r.t.

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Of course, Docker, and thus Dockerfiles are still in their infancy, and don't magically maintain themselves but they're still enough of a step forwards to drive adoption.

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Still in its infancy, but shows some promise!

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Its a good point, but lets assume that this AI is already past its infancy and that there is no limit to the information stored inside the box.

Quote examples

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This is easier said than done, because the language constructs, primitives, and design patterns for building system software this way are still in their infancy "Still in their infancy"?

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So I'd classify this as "definitely not known due to lack of knowledge" rather than "definitely not proven." Proposals like Quantum Dynamical Triangulation, Causal Sets, and Loop Quantum Gravity are beginning to ask what spacetime is made of, but they're barely in their infancy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use infancy in a sentence?

The cloud-style research on making something comparable with strong correctness arguments is in infancy and almost all academic R&D.

What does infancy mean?

The state of being an infant.

What part of speech is infancy?

infancy is commonly used as noun.