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nonconceptions

nonconceptions is the plural 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

Questions about nonconceptions

What is nonconceptions the plural of?
Nonconceptions is the plural of nonconception.

Words near nonconceptions in the dictionary

  1. nonconceiving
  2. nonconcentrated
  3. nonconcentration
  4. nonconcentric
  5. nonconception
  6. nonconceptions
  7. nonconceptive
  8. nonconceptual
  9. nonconceptualism
  10. nonconceptualist
  11. nonconceptualists

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