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Meanings of mating in English
The pairwise union of individuals for sexual reproduction - ultimately resulting in the formation of zygotes.
Related terms
Portuguese
acasalamento Catalan
aparellament The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
Synonyms
Examples for "union"
Examples for "union"
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Rugby union led the number of positive tests in Britain last year.
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The union said conditions being offered in mainland France were far superior.
3
Last year, workers launched strikes demanding recognition of a new, independent union.
4
The state teacher's union has given the thumbs-down to both ideas, however.
5
Britain's exit from the EU ends 47 years of union with Europe.
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Electric toothbrushes use a form of wireless power transmission called inductive coupling.
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Future research should be aimed at development of noninvasive measures of coupling.
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However, this coupling did not include the key function of kinase inhibition.
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Transition-metal-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling presents a new and important direction in synthetic chemistry.
5
Men sprawled in the road; sounds of coupling came from the huts.
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A pairing could help the companies compete in their core advertising business.
2
Not quite the right pairing for the Martin brothers' potentially heart-wrenching lyrics.
3
I think it may be a good pairing, the older woman said.
4
He's worried about where that pairing of information could later be transmitted.
5
Except in the pairing time, the old males usually live by themselves.
1
The conjugation changes with every slight variation in the action spoken of.
2
Several bacterial pathogens utilize conjugation machines to export effector molecules during infection.
3
French: 24 pages of the Three Musketeers and third conjugation, irregular verbs.
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It was self-transmitted to the pSLL-cured strain by conjugation in solid culture.
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We demonstrate that nonsite-specific chemical conjugation of the same protein hinders cross-presentation.
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Even women that are aged are tortured by the desire of sexual union.
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Men and women facing each other for sexual union is a modern invention.
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The desire for sexual union is incapable of being transcended in the three worlds.
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All things in nature, common interests, divination, prophetic dreams, sexual union, setting down rules.
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That's the perfect way that a sexual union should happen.
Usage of mating in English
1
He's still young, and I don't think he was actually mating yet.
2
Milk production is ahead of last year and mating is going well.
3
Cows are in good condition, ready for mating in a few weeks.
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In addition, we examined whether parasite infection affects mating and reproductive success.
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Researchers recently demonstrated that cortisol increases in response to mating-relevant social interactions.
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C. sivickisi may have evolved its mating practices to protect its young.
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Also, great spreading fields - showpieces for hares in the mating season.
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They married young, and there were no subtleties to the mating process.
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The experimental genetic stock was bred under natural mating and natural incubation.
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Calving finished last week, mating's a few weeks away and pruning's over.
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These were the love-days in bird-land-themating time for all feathered things.
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Rival males are using water ripples to eavesdrop on your mating calls.
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I'm afraid it spoiled their mating, and maybe everyone else's, Dalanar said.
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It also enhances the normal process of fruiting that occurs after mating.
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This was because of the synchronised mating practice carried out at Lyons.
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The reaction resembled a diamond saw blade mating with an oil slick.
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Translations for mating
Russian
Spanish
Mating through the time
Mating across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
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