Antonyms for germination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jur-muh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɜr məˌneɪt |
- abatement
- abortion
- abridgment
- archetype
- being
- compression
- conclusion
- concrete
- death
- decline
- decrease
- destruction
- difference
- diminishment
- dissimilarity
- end
- ending
- enemy
- failure
- finish
- halt
- lessening
- loss
- model
- opposite
- original
- prototype
- reality
- reduction
- reverse
- stagnation
- stop
- underdevelopment
- unlikeness
- worsening
Definition of germination
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin germinationem (nominative germinatio) "sprouting forth, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of germinare "to sprout, put forth shoots," from germen (genitive germinis) "a sprout or bud" (see germ).
- As in pregnancy : noun gestation
- As in gravidity : noun pregnancy
- As in gravidness : noun pregnancy
- As in parturiency : noun pregnancy
- As in conception : noun beginning, birth
- As in duplicate : noun copy, reproduction
- As in growth : noun development, progress
- The marvel of germination must have awakened admiration from a very early date.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- It is said that a great number of the seeds were in the first stage of germination.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- These rays preponderate at the time of ploughing, sowing, and germination.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 » by Various
- This is often of great importance, as in the period of germination of seed.
- Extract from : « Manures and the principles of manuring » by Charles Morton Aikman
- Then watch and make notes of the time it takes for germination.
- Extract from : « Making a Lawn » by Luke Joseph Doogue
- That higher life is planted, but its germination is a work of time.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- The finer the soil is the surer you may be of the germination of the seed you put into it.
- Extract from : « Amateur Gardencraft » by Eben E. Rexford
- In the spring, when the germination of plants demands its vitalising aid.
- Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
- The processes of germination are as fascinating as a fairytale.
- Extract from : « ABC of Vegetable Gardening » by Eben Eugene Rexford
- It may be at the end when the germination is said to be polar (Fig. 26).
- Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey
Synonyms for germination
- advance
- advancement
- aggrandizement
- analogue
- augmentation
- beefing up
- boost
- buildup
- carbon
- carbon copy
- child-bearing
- chip off the old block
- clone
- companion
- coordinate
- copycat
- correlate
- counterfeit
- counterpart
- counterscript
- crop
- cultivation
- dead ringer
- ditto
- double
- dupe
- duplication
- enlargement
- evolution
- evolvement
- expansion
- extension
- facsimile
- fake
- fellow
- fertilization
- fleshing out
- flowering
- formation
- gain
- germination
- gestation
- gravidity
- gravidness
- heightening
- hike
- imitation
- impregnation
- improvement
- inception
- increase
- initiation
- insemination
- invention
- knockoff
- launching
- likeness
- lookalike
- match
- mate
- maturation
- maturing
- multiplication
- obverse
- origin
- outset
- parallel
- parturiency
- phony
- photocopy
- Photostat
- pirate
- produce
- production
- proliferation
- propagation
- prosperity
- reciprocal
- recurrence
- repetition
- replica
- replication
- repro
- ringer
- rise
- second
- similarity
- spitting image
- sprouting
- start
- stat
- stretching
- success
- surge
- swell
- thickening
- twin
- unfolding
- up
- upping
- vegetation
- waxing
- widening
- Xerox
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