Gestation Period

  

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Gestation Period

Definition: Gestation Period

Gestation Period

Noun

1. The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Gestation Period

DomainDefinitions

Health

The period of development of the young from the time of conception until birth. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Gestation Period

Synonym: gestation (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gestation Period

English words defined with "gestation period": first trimestermidtermpremature, prematurelysecond trimesterthird trimester. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gestation period": Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Pregnancy Trimester, Third. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gestation Period

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The risk of BPD increases with decreasing birth weight and gestation period. (references)

Economic History

India

The normal gestation period is five years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gestation Period

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  dog gestation period

84

  cat domestic gestation period

4

  cat gestation period

66

  bird gestation period

3

  gestation period

42

  cattle gestation period

3

  canine gestation period

14

  eggs gestation period turtle

3

  duck gestation period

11

  gestation period pregnancy

3

  gestation period turtle

11

  gestation period puppy

3

  gestation period rabbit

10

  box gestation period turtle

3

  animal gestation period

9

  gestation period rat

2

  gestation period snapping turtle

9

  chihuahua gestation period

2

  feline gestation period

8

  deer gestation period whitetail

2

  cow gestation period

8

  deer gestation period

2

  elephant gestation period

8

  fish gestation period

2

  gestation period pig

6

  dove gestation period

2

  gestation period robin

5
  

dove gestation period

2
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Modern Translations: Gestation Period

Language Translations for "gestation period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

période de gestation, durée de gestation. (various references)

   

German

  

Ausreifungszeit (einer Investition). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estationgay eriodpay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Gestation Period

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: deportations, disintegrate, disorientate, operationist, periodontist, predigestion, redepositing, repositioned, trepidations.

-4 letters: adoptionist, deportation, derogations, desperation, negotiators, notorieties, partitioned, paternities, peridotites, petitioners, postediting, protagonist, redigestion, repetitions, trepidation.

-5 letters: adsorption, argentites, denigrates, depositing, deposition, derogation, designator, desorption, despairing, detonators, detritions, disparting, disporting, disrooting, distorting, distortion, estreating, godparents, instigated, instigator, integrated, integrates, interposed, interstage, isoprenoid, iterations, itinerated.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
 

+2 letters: photodisintegrate.

 

+3 letters: photodisintegrated, photodisintegrates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gestation Period


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 73 74 61 74 69 6F 6E      50 65 72 69 6F 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#111 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 0073 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E      0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4171858667867581802507184758170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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