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
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
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Conception (band), 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, US
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Conception, Minnesota, US
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Conception Bay
Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it one ...
, Newfoundland, Canada
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Conception Bay (Namibia)
Conception Bay ( af, Conceptionbaai, german: Empfängnisbucht) is a bay on the coast of Namibia, Africa. The bay is exposed, not providing a useful anchorage.
Geography
Conception Bay opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest. There is a la ...
See also
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Concept (disambiguation)
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Concepción (disambiguation)
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Conception Island (disambiguation)
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