0 present participle of hatch
1 to (cause an egg to) break in order to allow a young animal to come out
2 to make a plan, especially a secret plan:
Hatching rates and cell numbers of surviving blastocysts were not affected.
With development, the egg substantially enlarges before hatching.
Another explanation of apparent recovery of hatching ability over time is stage of juvenile development.
The amount of actin filaments was prominent at hatching embryos compared with other developmental stages of embryos.
There is also some effect on the viability of larvae after hatching.
Cumulative hatching curves were then calculated and expressed as the number of juveniles emerging/week as a percentage of the viable egg contents.
Inhibition of egg hatching by short-term exposure to high concentrations of cadmium and zinc has also been shown in the present study.
Solid line represents the permanent wilting point for chickpea, the dashed line represents the soil's field capacity and the hatching represents the plant available water.
