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sterile
(encz) | sterile,neplodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sterile
(encz) | sterile,sterilní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sterile
(gcide) | Sterile \Ster"ile\, a. [F. st['e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr.
stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that
has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See Stare to
gaze.]
1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;
unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile
desert; a sterile year.
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2. (Biol.)
(a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction
of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit;
unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only
stamens.
(b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile
fluid.
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3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a
sterile production or author.
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sterile
(wn) | sterile
adj 1: incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn:
sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile]
2: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological
microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical
instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" [syn: aseptic,
sterile]
3: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of
invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality";
"unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired
writing" [syn: sterile, unimaginative, uninspired,
uninventive] |
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sterileness
(encz) | sterileness, n: |
Sterile
(gcide) | Sterile \Ster"ile\, a. [F. st['e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr.
stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that
has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See Stare to
gaze.]
1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;
unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile
desert; a sterile year.
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2. (Biol.)
(a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction
of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit;
unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only
stamens.
(b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile
fluid.
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3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a
sterile production or author.
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sterileness
(wn) | sterileness
n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of
pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis,
sterility, sterileness] |
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