alimentation
Americannoun
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means of upkeep or subsistence; maintenance; support.
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addition to the volume of a glacial mass, chiefly by the accumulation of ice, snow, or névé.
noun
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nourishment
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sustenance; support
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of alimentation
First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin alimentātiōn- (stem of alimentātiō ); see aliment, -ation
Example Sentences
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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The mode of administration will be specially referred to under the head of alimentation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Their different species are like so many blind alleys, as if, by renouncing the mode of alimentation customary amongst vegetables, they had been brought to a standstill on the highway of vegetable evolution.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
They are answered that the excessive leanness of the extremities among those nations which subsist principally on vegetable diet, or whose alimentation is imperfect, is not at all surprising; and this reply is certainly valid.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
For this reason many new trees spring up in groups, obtaining their first alimentation from the dissolution of the corpse.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
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