Definitions
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- noun chiefly UK alternative spelling of
fertilization
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term "fertilisation" could be taken to mean anything from the penetration of the egg by the sperm, to the implantation of the egg into the uterus which happens later.
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Because human beings only ever have sex when fertilisation is most optimal.
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It is important in horticulture and agriculture, because fruiting is dependent on fertilisation, which is the end result of pollination.
Pollination Wikipedia 2009
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The believers apart, even our common beliefs cannot take it lying down the fact that a human life is cloned (not conceived) in vitro fertilisation which is strongly offensive to our long-cherished sentiments.
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The "fertilisation" of the frog's eggs is effected in ordinary conditions by the presence in the water of the pond, into which the female sheds them, of microscopic sperm-filaments (often called spermatozoa, or simply "sperms") which are shed into the water at the same time by the male frog.
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Climate change: Scientists doubt claims over sea 'fertilisation'
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Climate change: Scientists doubt claims over sea 'fertilisation'
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Climate change: Scientists doubt claims over sea 'fertilisation'
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Climate change: Scientists doubt claims over sea 'fertilisation'
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Climate change: Scientists doubt claims over sea 'fertilisation'
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