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fertilization
(encz) | fertilization,fertilizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
fertilization
(encz) | fertilization,hnojení n: Zdeněk Brož |
fertilization
(encz) | fertilization,oplodnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
fertilization
(encz) | fertilization,zúrodnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
fertilization
(encz) | fertilization,zúrodňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fertilization
(gcide) | Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or
vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the
pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
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Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some
other blossom. See under Cross, a.
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fertilization
(wn) | fertilization
n 1: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;
of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a
plant [syn: fertilization, fertilisation,
fecundation, impregnation]
2: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn:
fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing] |
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cross-fertilization
(encz) | cross-fertilization,křížové oplodnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
double fertilization
(encz) | double fertilization,dvojité oplození n: [bot.] Jirka Daněk |
fertilization age
(encz) | fertilization age, n: |
fertilization irrigation
(encz) | fertilization irrigation,hnojivá závlaha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fertilization membrane
(encz) | fertilization membrane, n: |
fishpond fertilization
(encz) | fishpond fertilization,hnojení rybníků [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
self-fertilization
(encz) | self-fertilization,samooplození n: Zdeněk Brož |
Close fertilization
(gcide) | Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or
vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the
pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
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Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some
other blossom. See under Cross, a.
[1913 Webster]Close \Close\ (kl[=o]s), a. [Compar. Closer (kl[=o]"s[~e]r);
superl. Closest.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See
Close, v. t.]
1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
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From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
--Dryden.
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2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A
close prison." --Dickens.
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3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
other maketh it exceeding unequal. --Bacon.
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4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
prisoner.
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5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He
yet kept himself close because of Saul." --1 Chron. xii. 1
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"Her close intent." --Spenser.
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6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For
secrecy, no lady closer." --Shak.
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7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
applied to liquids.
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The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
water made itself way through the pores of that very
close metal. --Locke.
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8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the
original is close no version can reach it in the same
compass." --Dryden.
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9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
often followed by to.
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Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
--Mortimer.
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The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
close thing -- not a faint hearsay. --G. Eliot.
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10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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League with you I seek
And mutual amity, so strait, so close,
That I with you must dwell, or you with me.
--Milton.
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12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
"A close contest." --Prescott.
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13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
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14. Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a
vise." --Hawthorne.
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15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
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16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
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17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
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Close borough. See under Borough.
Close breeding. See under Breeding.
Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
to those who have received baptism by immersion.
Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its
own vacancies.
Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization.
Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
composing each chord are not widely distributed over
several octaves.
Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or
catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
the cavity of the mouth.
Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
closehauled; -- said of a vessel.
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Cross fertilization
(gcide) | Cross \Cross\ (kr[o^]s), a.
1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse;
oblique; intersecting.
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The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;
interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. "A
cross fortune." --Jer. Taylor.
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The cross and unlucky issue of my design.
--Glanvill.
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The article of the resurrection seems to lie
marvelously cross to the common experience of
mankind. --South.
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We are both love's captives, but with fates so
cross,
One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden.
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3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness,
fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
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He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
--Jer. Taylor.
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4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation;
mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories;
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry
persons standing in the same relation to each other.
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Cross action (Law), an action brought by a party who is
sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same
subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill.
Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a
cruciform church.
Cross axle.
(a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers
at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing
press.
(b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg]
with each other.
Cross bedding (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal
beds.
Cross bill. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross bitt. Same as Crosspiece.
Cross bond, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of
one stretcher course come midway between those of the
stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and
stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8.
Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross breeding. See under Breeding.
Cross buttock, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an
unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet.
Cross country, across the country; not by the road. "The
cross-country ride." --Cowper.
Cross fertilization, the fertilization of the female
products of one physiological individual by the male
products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules
of one plant by pollen from another. See Fertilization.
Cross file, a double convex file, used in dressing out the
arms or crosses of fine wheels.
Cross fire (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points
or places, crossing each other.
Cross forked. (Her.) See under Forked.
Cross frog. See under Frog.
Cross furrow, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows
to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the
side of the field.
Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of
a tool, as in the augur. --Knight.
Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or
principal lode.
Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary.
Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book
or register to another part, where the same or an allied
subject is treated of.
Cross sea (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run
in contrary directions.
Cross stroke, a line or stroke across something, as across
the letter t.
Cross wind, a side wind; an unfavorable wind.
Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse the field of view
in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated
head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider
lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes,
etc.
Syn: Fretful; peevish. See Fretful.
[1913 Webster]Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or
vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the
pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
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Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some
other blossom. See under Cross, a.
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cross-fertilization
(gcide) | cross-fertilisation \cross-fertilisation\, cross-fertilization
\cross-fertilization\n.
1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
different individuals of the same species.
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Fertilization
(gcide) | Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or
vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the
pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
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Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some
other blossom. See under Cross, a.
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Illegitimate fertilization
(gcide) | Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a.
1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful;
improper.
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2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an
illegitimate child.
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3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an
illegitimate inference.
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4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as,
an illegitimate word.
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Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.),
the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own
length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic
flowers. --Darwin.
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Self-fertilization
(gcide) | Self-fertilization \Self`-fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n. (Bot.)
The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower
and without outer aid; autogamy.
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cross-fertilization
(wn) | cross-fertilization
n 1: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
different individual of the same species [syn: {cross-
fertilization}, cross-fertilisation] [ant: {self-
fertilisation}, self-fertilization]
2: interchange between different cultures or different ways of
thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the
cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" [syn:
cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation] |
fertilization age
(wn) | fertilization age
n 1: the age of an embryo counting from the time of
fertilization [syn: fetal age, fertilization age,
gestational age] |
fertilization membrane
(wn) | fertilization membrane
n 1: the membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and
prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon |
self-fertilization
(wn) | self-fertilization
n 1: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
the same individual [syn: self-fertilization, {self-
fertilisation}] [ant: cross-fertilisation, {cross-
fertilization}] |
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