incipiency

Other forms: incipiencies

Definitions of incipiency

1. noun

   beginning to exist or to be apparent
   “it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency”

   synonyms: incipience

   type of:

   beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time

   the time at which something is supposed to begin