Setting is the when and where of a literary text. For example, the novel Gone With the Wind takes place in and around Atlanta, Georgia, and the plot-or action-occurs before, during and after the Civil War. Although it's a simple concept, setting is a vital literary element.
ovum. pl. ova [L.] egg; the female reproductive or germ cell which, after fertilization, is capable of developing into a new member of the same species; sometimes applied to any stage of the fertilized germ cell during cleavage and even until hatching or birth of the new animal. centrolecithal ovum.
[Åâ²vÉm] pl. ova. Etymology: L, egg. 1 an egg. 2 the secondary oocyte (female germ cell) extruded from the ovary at ovulation. A female reproductive cell that has a haploid genetic complement (22 somatic chromosomes and one X chromosome) which, once united with the sperm, is termed a fertilised egg.