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means The process by which certain cells form tough, dormant spores to survive harsh conditions, then revive and resume normal activity once conditions improve.

from From Latin 'spora' (seed), itself from Greek 'sporá' meaning a sowing or seed, rooted in 'speirein' — to sow or scatter. The '-ulation' ending marks it as the formal process of making one of these tiny survival capsules, the same seed-logic that gives us 'spore' and 'diaspora' — scattered things, waiting to grow again.