the early form of something, like a hatching not fully grown yet, in the early stage of development

almost an equivalence between the Chinese Character [雏] and the English word [Embryonic]

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The market for heat pumps in the uk is still embryonic.

History of uk offshore wind the possibility of taking the then embryonic wind energy industry offshore was raised nearly 30 years ago.

But without agreement, further development and then commercial mass software production, the concept remains embryonic.

As of 2001 it is still in a very embryonic stage, but i hope it will grow.

That said, online console gaming is still relatively embryonic.

Until this is addressed satisfactorily, this speculative idea must be considered interesting yet embryonic.