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alimentation

[ al-uh-men-tey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

nourishment; nutrition.
means of upkeep or subsistence; maintenance; support.
addition to the volume of a glacial mass, chiefly by the accumulation of ice, snow, or névé. Compare ablation ( def 2 ).

alimentation

/ ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən /

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin alimentātiōn- (stem of alimentātiō ); aliment, -ation

I now fear nothing in the future, so far as health and disease are concerned, so much as excessive alimentation.

This is the first proof of the importance of fatty matters for the alimentation of babes.

They derive their food and growth from the sap of the wood or the sea, by a secret and most wonderful process of alimentation.

Another order of ideas which one cannot pass by in silence at the present time militates in favour of vegetable alimentation.

Many larvæ adhere to the alimentation present in the egg, as do many adult insects also.

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