fertilization
nounEtymology
From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation.
Definitions
The act or process of rendering fertile.
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
The neighborhood
- synonymconception
- synonymfecundation
- synonymsyngamy
- synonymimpregnation
Derived
alternative fertilization, biofertilization, close fertilization, cross-fertilization, defertilization, external fertilization, fertilizational, heterofertilization, internal fertilization, in vitro fertilization, legitimate fertilization, overfertilization, postfertilization, prefertilization, refertilization, self-fertilization, underfertilization
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fertilization. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fertilization. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at fertilization
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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