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/dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/ · de·vel·op·men·tal
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- A trainee flight controller, especially one undergoing on‑the‑job training for air‑traffic management. The developmental spent his first month shadowing senior controllers before receiving solo assignments.
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- Relating to development, especially the process of growth or change in an organism, system, or idea. Developmental psychology studies how children's reasoning abilities evolve from infancy to adolescence.
- Designed to promote or facilitate growth, improvement, or progress. The company introduced a developmental program to nurture emerging leaders.
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Did you know? In NASA's Mission Control training, the term 'developmental' was coined in the 1960s to label the cohort of new flight controllers learning the complex systems before becoming fully qualified.