gestation
UK /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ US /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2
The process of development of a plan or idea.
It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.
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