Germination
[,dʒɝmə'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the origin of some development; 'the germination of their discontent'.
(noun.) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow.
Checker: Mortimer--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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Examples
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The result was that 18/98 of his seeds of different kinds floated for forty-two days, and were then capable of germination. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And now we have traced also the first germination of the idea of a _world polity_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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