GESTATION in a Sentence

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1. This is the gestation of the nineteenth century.

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 Meanings and Examples of GESTATION
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gestation
 n.  the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
 n.  the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Classic Sentence:
1  When we come to the phenomena of artistic conception, artistic gestation, and artistic reproduction I require a new terminology and a new personal experience.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  This is the gestation of the nineteenth century.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
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