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non-conception

non-conception is the alternative form of nonconception.

Meaning of nonconception

Noun

nonconception (countable and uncountable, plural nonconceptions)

  1. A failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm.
    • 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.1996, Biometrics, page 946
  2. An unthought concept.
    • 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...1836, The Monthly Review, page 384

Forms of non-conception

pluralnon-conceptions

Questions about non-conception

What is non-conception the alternative form of?
Non-conception is the alternative form of nonconception.

Words near non-conception in the dictionary

  1. non-compositionality
  2. non-compulsory
  3. non-computable
  4. non-coms
  5. non-con
  6. non-conception
  7. non-conceptions
  8. non-concordant
  9. non-condensing
  10. non-conflicting
  11. non-conformable

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