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# gestation

«gestation» in Mova's school dictionary: **The time a baby animal grows inside its mother before it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gestation) — (science)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) The time a baby animal grows inside its mother before it is born. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#m1)

2) The time an idea or plan takes to develop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on life cycles: human gestation is about nine months; an elephant's is nearly two years; a mouse's about three weeks. In maths, gestation periods are compared in tables.

### examples

- The gestation period of an elephant is about 22 months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x1)
- Human gestation lasts about nine months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x2)
- Mice have a short gestation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x3)
- Compare the gestation periods in the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x4)
- Kangaroos have a very short gestation, then the baby grows in the pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x5)
- The idea had a long gestation before it became a book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Formal and scientific. In maths: convert gestation periods — e.g. 9 months ≈ 40 weeks; compare by finding the difference.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gestation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gestation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.