1. gestation(n = noun.time) gestation period - the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans);
is a kind of biological time
has parts: full term, term, midterm, trimester
Derived forms verb gestate2, adjective gestational1
2. gestation(n = noun.state) maternity, pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus;
is a kind of physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
has parts: cleavage, segmentation, quickening, childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail, morning sickness
has particulars: trouble, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, gravida, para, parity, eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis, entopic pregnancy, placenta previa
Derived forms verb gestate2, adjective gestational1
3. gestation(n = noun.cognition) - the conception and development of an idea or plan;
is a kind of construction, mental synthesis
Derived forms verb gestate1, adjective gestational1
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [1913 Webster]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. [1913 Webster]
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
gestation, n.
1 a the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth. b this period.
2 the private development of a plan, idea, etc.
Etymology:
L gestatio f. gestare frequent. of gerere carry
N preparation, providing, provision, providence, anticipation, precaution, preconcertation, predisposition, forecast, rehearsal, note of preparation, arrangement, clearance, adjustment, tuning, equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array, ripening, maturation, evolution, elaboration, concoction, digestion, gestation, batching, incubation, sitting, groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone, foundation, scaffold, scaffolding, echafaudage, training, inurement, novitiate, cooking, cookery, brewing, culinary art, tilling, plowing sowing, semination, cultivation, preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness, maturity, un impromptu fait a loisir, preparer, trainer, pioneer, trailblazer, avant-courrier, avant-coureur, voortrekker, sappers and miners, pavior, navvy, packer, stevedore, warming pan, preparing, in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train, afoot, afloat, on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil, under consideration, brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding, in store for, in reserve, precautionary, provident, preparative, preparatory, provisional, inchoate, under revision, preliminary, prepared, in readiness, ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table, in gear, in working order, in working gear, snug, in practice, ripe, mature, mellow, pukka, practiced, labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up, in full feather, in best bib and tucker, in harness, at harness, in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint, up in arms, armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie, sword in hand, booted and spurred, in utrumque paratus, semper paratus, on the alert, at one's post, in preparation, in anticipation of, against, for, abroach, a bove majori discit arare minor, looking before and after, si vis pacem para bellum.
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