English-Thai Dictionary

gestation

N การ ตั้งครรภ์  ช่วง ตั้งครรภ์  ช่วง อุ้มท้อง  pregnancy kan-tang-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GESTATION

n.[L. gestatio, from gero, to carry. ] 1. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
2. The act of wearing, as clothes or ornaments.
3. The act of carrying sick persons in carriages, as a salutary exercise, by which fevers have often been cured.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GESTATION

Ges *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest. ]

 

1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments ). [Obs. ]

 

2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gestation

ges ta tion |jeˈstāSHən ʤɛˈsteɪʃən | ▶noun the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth. • the development of something over a period of time: various ideas are in the process of gestation. DERIVATIVES ges ta tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an excursion on horseback, in a carriage, etc. , considered as exercise ): from Latin gestatio (n- ), from gestare ‘carry, carry in the womb, ’ frequentative of gerere ‘carry. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gestation

ges |ta ¦tion |dʒɛˈsteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process or period of developing inside the womb between conception and birth. • the development of something over a period of time: a thorough and painstaking work which was a long time in gestation. DERIVATIVES gestational adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting an excursion on horseback, in a carriage, etc. , considered as exercise ): from Latin gestatio (n- ), from gestare ‘carry, carry in the womb ’, frequentative of gerere ‘carry ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gestation

gestation noun 1 a gestation of thirty days: pregnancy, incubation; development, maturation. 2 the law underwent a period of gestation: development, evolution, formation, emergence, origination.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gestation

gestation noun 1 tree shrews give birth after a gestation of thirty days: pregnancy, development, incubation, maturation, ripening; rare gravidity, parturiency. 2 the law underwent a long period of gestation: development, origination, drafting, formation, evolution, emergence, coming into being, materializing.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gestation

Ges ta ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Gestati o n |die Gestation; Genitiv: der Gestation, Plural: die Gestationen lateinisch gestatio = das Tragen, zu: gestare = tragen, Intensivbildung zu: gerere, Geste Schwangerschaft (in ihrem physiologischen Verlauf )

 

French Dictionary

gestation

gestation n. f. nom féminin 1 Période pendant laquelle une femelle vivipare porte ses petits. : La période de gestation des humains est de 40 semaines. Note Technique Pour l ’espèce humaine, la gestation est appelée grossesse. 2 figuré Genèse. : La gestation d ’une œuvre, d ’une nouvelle ère.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gestation

ges ta tion /dʒestéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 妊娠, 懐胎 .2 U (計画などを )暖めること, 構想 .3 C 〖通例単数形で 〗妊娠 [懐胎 ]期間 ; 構想期間 .