Sperm contains 23 chromosomes. An egg contains 23 chromosomes. The zygote (a fertilized egg) contains 46 chromosomes. Yet, it is also important to consider that the egg completes meiosis before joining with the sperm, thereby shedding half of its 46 chromosomes into a polar body that adjoins the zona pelucida lining.
Man, male, gentleman are nouns referring to adult human beings who are biologically male; that is, physiologically equipped to initiate conception but not to bear children.
man-Computer Definition. A public data network that serves an entire metropolitan area, or perhaps a portion of a metropolitan area such as a city or a suburb, commonly serving to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs).oun. 1  An adult male human. 2  A human regardless of sex or age; a person. 3  A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. 4  Often used in combination: a milkman; a congressman; a freeman. 5  The human race; mankind: man's quest for peace.