Nonconception
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm. countable, uncountable
"With this formulation, the probability of nonconception is simply the product of the day-specific failure probabilities multiplied across all days where there was intercourse."
- 2 An unthought concept. countable, uncountable
"It is to a nonconception of this plain truth, namely, that money is as much a marketable commodity as any of those things for which it is given in exchange, that we must ascribe the ignorance that prevails concerning the laws by which its value and its distribution are regulated, and of the consequences which follow when the natural operation of these laws is disturbed."
Example
More examples"With this formulation, the probability of nonconception is simply the product of the day-specific failure probabilities multiplied across all days where there was intercourse."
Etymology
From non- + conception.
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