Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gestation period

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: ges-ta-tion pe-ri-od
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant.

Example Sentences

"We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years."

Inflected Forms

gestation periods (plural)

Synonyms

gestation

Questions

What does gestation period mean?: The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant.

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