incipiency
Very first stage
Incipiency is the state of just beginning or coming into being—the earliest stage of something's existence or development.
The word is formal and relatively rare, appearing mainly in academic or legal contexts: The disease was caught in its incipiency.
The adjective incipient is more common.
Act of starting
- outsetInitial point of something
- onsetStarting point of something
- dawnDay's first glow
- birthComing into the world
initiation · origination · threshold · alpha · nascence · starting point · first stage · opening
Delay in system response
- promiseCommitment to act
- possibilityState of being achievable
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- embryoOrganism before birth
nucleus · kernel · seedling · fledgling · inchoate · undeveloped · unrealized · dormant
First light emerging
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
arising · surfacing · awakening · stirring · appearing · forming · taking shape · coming into being
commencement
Act of starting
birth · initiation · origination · threshold · alpha · nascence · starting point · first stage · opening · early stage
latency
Delay in system response
- promiseCommitment to act
- possibilityState of being achievable
- capacityMaximum amount containable
embryo · nucleus · kernel · seedling · fledgling · inchoate · undeveloped · unrealized · dormant · implicit
dawning
First light emerging
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
budding · arising · surfacing · awakening · stirring · appearing · forming · taking shape · coming into being · first signs
incipiencymaturity
Full growth achieved
culmination · fruition · ripeness · adulthood · prime
incipiencyconclusion
End or deduction
termination · ending · end · finish · completion