Conception commonly refers to:
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Concept
Concepts are defined as abstract ideas. They are understood to be the fundamental building blocks of the concept behind principles, thoughts and beliefs.
They play an important role in all aspects of cognition. As such, concepts are studied by ...
, an abstract idea or a mental symbol
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Conception (biology)
Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism or offspring and initiate its development. Proc ...
, the process of becoming pregnant, involving fertilization and implantation of the embryo in the uterus
Conception may also refer to:
Entertainment
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''Conception'' (album), an album by Miles Davis
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"Conception" (song), a 1950 jazz standard by George Shearing
* ''Conception'', a posthumous album by
Bill Evans
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Conception (band)
Conception is a Norwegian power/progressive metal band from Raufoss, originally active from 1989 to 1997, during which they released four studio albums. The band reunited in 2018, twenty years after originally disbanding with a new single and EP ...
, a Norwegian band
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''Conception'' (film), a 2011 film
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''Conception'' (video game), a 2012 role-playing video game developed by Spike
Maritime
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Sinking of MV ''Conception'', a 2019 fire and sinking of a dive boat
Places
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Conception, Missouri
Conception is a census-designated place in eastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. It is located about southeast of Maryville on U.S. Route 136. It is very near Conception Junction (which was the rail intersection). Conception is hom ...
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Conception, Minnesota
Conception is an unincorporated community in Highland Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located near the junction of Wabasha County Roads 14 and 18.
Nearby places include Wabasha, Kellogg, Theilman, and P ...
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Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
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Conception Bay (Namibia)
See also
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Concept (disambiguation)
A concept is an idea, something that is conceived in the human mind.
Concept may also refer to:
Computing
* Concept (generic programming),
* In computational learning theory, a subset of the instance space; see Concept class
* Concepts (C++) ...
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Concepción (disambiguation)
Concepción (Spanish for ''conception'') refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also refer to:
Geography Argentina
* Concepción, Catamarca, a villa ...
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Conception Island (disambiguation) Conception Island may refer to:
* Conception Island, Bahamas
* Conception Island, Seychelles
Conception Island is a small island (0.603 km2) in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1 ...
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