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.
environment (envÄ«Â´rÉnment, en-vÄ«Â´urnment) , n the aggregate of all the external conditions and influences affecting the life and development of an organism. environment, extracellular, n the external, or interstitial, environment provided and maintained for the tissue cells.