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o·vum
/ ˈōvəm/
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n.
(pl. o·va
/ ˈōvə/ ) Biol.
a mature female reproductive cell, esp. of a human or other animal, that can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.
ORIGIN: early 18th cent.: from Latin, literally
‘egg.’
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-OVUM: Ovum posts verdicts on SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft and Oracle in new ERP evaluation service.
M2 Presswire; 9/23/1998; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-23 September 1998-OVUM: Ovum posts verdicts on SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft and Oracle in new ERP...service (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230998 Ovum, the world's most respected independent evaluator of software...
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Ovum strengthens its global Telecoms Research Team.
M2 Presswire; 10/30/2008; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-30 October 2008-OVUM: Ovum strengthens its global Telecoms Research Team(C)1994-2008...London -- Driving forward with its aggressive growth strategy, Ovum is delighted to welcome the following acquisitions to its continuously...
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Ovum appoints Chris Lewis as SVP of Telecoms Research.
M2 Presswire; 6/28/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-28 June 2007-OVUM: Ovum appoints Chris Lewis as SVP of Telecoms Research(C)1994-2007...UK. As SVP of Telecoms Research, Chris will be responsible for Ovum's global telecoms research activities. In this role he will...
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OVUM: Broadcasters to seek alliances in order to survive in the digital television market.
M2 Presswire; 8/26/1998; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-26 August 1998-OVUM: Broadcasters to seek alliances in order...report from independent analyst group, Ovum, entitled Digital Television: How to Survive and Make Money. In the report, Ovum introduces the concept of "walled garden...
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Ovum and Orbys win top Outsourcing Advisor award.
M2 Presswire; 10/21/2008; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 2008-OVUM: Ovum and Orbys win top Outsourcing Advisor award(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21102008 London -- Ovum, the leading provider of research, advisory and consulting services...
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Ovum further expands into Asia; Analyst and Consulting firm opens new office in Hong Kong.
M2 Presswire; 9/22/2005; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-22 September 2005-OVUM: Ovum further expands into Asia; Analyst and Consulting firm opens...Kong(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22092005 Ovum, the leading European-headquartered analyst and consulting...
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Ovum launches Collaborative Intelligence model to mend 'broken ICT advisory business'; Butler Group, Datamonitor Technology and Ovum, united under the Ovum brand, provides clients with business connected ICT expertise for the first time.
M2 Presswire; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 2009-OVUM: Ovum launches Collaborative Intelligence model to mend 'broken ICT advisory business'; Butler Group, Datamonitor Technology and Ovum, united under the Ovum brand, provides clients with business...
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Ovum strengthens its global team.
M2 Presswire; 6/9/2005; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-9 June 2005-OVUM: Ovum strengthens its global team(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...09062005 Driving forward with its aggressive growth strategy, Ovum is delighted to welcome the following acquisitions to its continuously...
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OVUM: IP services will be catalyst for radical telco business shift, predict analysts.
M2 Presswire; 1/7/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-7 January 1999-OVUM: IP services will be catalyst for radical...to be worth $60 billion by 2005 By 2005 Ovum predicts there will be a fundamental shift...These findings come in the second part of Ovum's report, IP: the Impact on Telco Services...
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OVUM: Call centres to remain key to business strategy despite emergence of web.
M2 Presswire; 4/14/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-14 April 1999-OVUM: Call centres to remain key to business...according to independent analyst group, Ovum. However, Web-enabled call centres...come in a comprehensive new report from Ovum, Next Generation Call Centres: CTI...
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ovum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...parent. A gamete, ovum or sperm, contains...haploid. In animals, ova contain stored food...secreted around the ovum as it passes down the oviduct. Animal Ova Oogenesis Ova are...maturation of the ovum, its fertilization...identical. Plant Ova In plants that reproduce...
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ova
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
ova An ovum (plural ova) is a mature egg released at ovulation...life there is a continual degeneration of ova and their follicles, and during a woman...ovulation. Just before ovulation the ovum completes its first meiotic division which...
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Barry, Martin
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...spermatozoon into the mammalian ovum. In 1839 he pictured the two...of the seminal fluid with the ovum was necessary for impregnation...directed toward the interior of the ovum. Barry read a note to the Royal...recently seen spermatozoa within the ova of a rabbit. As far as he knew...
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Gametogenesis
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...production of haploid sex cells (in humans, ovum and spermatozoa) that each carry one...line of each parent. The production of ova is termed oogenesis and the production...produce one female gamete — the ovum. In humans, the first meiotic division...
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Female Reproductive System
Book article from: Biology
...gametes are called egg cells or ova. The production of mature ova is not continuous. Each twenty...primary follicle (containing one ovum) matures under the influence of...process of release of a mature ovum from a mature follicle is called...
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