1.
Gestation is the process in which babies grow inside their mother’s body before they are born. (TECHNICAL)
...the seventeenth week of ~...
The ~ period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.
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2.
Gestation is the process in which an idea or plan develops. (FORMAL)
...the prolonged period of ~ of this design.
= development
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