fertilisation

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fertilisation

A gardener spreads fertilisation on the vegetable garden.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The process of making soil or land more fertile and productive by adding nutrients: This meaning refers to the act of enriching land, typically through the application of natural or artificial substances.
    • The biological process of union between male and female gametes to initiate the development of a new individual: This is the scientific meaning, describing the fusion of sperm and egg in animals, or pollen and ovule in plants, to form a zygote.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The fertilisation of the fields with compost improved the crop yield. (The enrichment of the fields with compost improved the crop yield.)
    • In humans, fertilisation usually occurs in the fallopian tubes. (In humans, the union of sperm and egg usually occurs in the fallopian tubes.)
Advanced Usage
  • "In vitro fertilisation (IVF)": A medical procedure where an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body.
    • They underwent in vitro fertilisation to start a family.
  • "Cross-fertilisation": Can refer to the biological process between different plants or, metaphorically, to the productive exchange of different ideas or influences.
    • The cross-fertilisation of ideas between the two departments led to innovation. (The productive exchange of ideas between the two departments led to innovation.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Fertilise (verb): To make soil fertile; to cause fertilisation in an organism.
    • Farmers fertilise the soil in spring.
  • Fertiliser/Fertilizer (noun): A substance added to soil to increase its fertility.
    • He bought organic fertiliser for the garden.
  • Fertility (noun): The quality of being fertile; the ability to conceive offspring or produce abundant vegetation.
    • The fertility of the soil is remarkable.
Synonyms
  • Impregnation: The action of making something fertile or causing fertilisation.
  • Fecundation: The process of fertilising, especially in a biological context.
  • Pollination (specifically for plants): The transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilisation.
Related Phrases
  • Self-fertilisation: Fertilisation that involves male and female gametes from the same individual.
  • Internal/External fertilisation: Terms describing where the union of gametes occurs (inside or outside the parent organism's body).
Related Idioms
fertilisation

A gardener spreads fertilisation on the vegetable garden.

Noun
  1. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
  2. creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

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