gestation
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: jĕstāshən, IPA(key): /dʒesˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)
- The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
- It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
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Translations
period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body
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Further reading
- “gestation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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