Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of rendering fertile.

    удобре́ние по́чвыudobrénije póčvy

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.

    Befruchtung

    оплодотворе́ниеoplodotvorénije

    заплі́дненняzaplídnennja

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of applying fertilizer to soil.

    making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The flowers died from over-fertilization.

  2. We will study the chemistry behind fertilization.

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  3. We will study the underlying molecular occurrences of fertilization.

  4. The pollen tube grows down the style to reach the ovary during fertilization.

  5. For women who are unable to conceive naturally, in vitro fertilization gives them a chance to have a child.

    deFrauen, die nicht auf natürliche Weise schwanger werden können, bietet die künstliche Befruchtung eine Möglichkeit, doch noch ein Kind zu bekommen. — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of fecundating:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of rendering fertile:
act of fecundating:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of fecundating:

Origin

From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation.

From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation.

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