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Definition of Impregnation
1. Noun. Material with which something is impregnated. "The impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
2. Noun. The process of totally saturating something with a substance. "The saturation of cotton with ether"
Generic synonyms: Permeation, Pervasion, Suffusion
Group relationships: Plastination
Derivative terms: Impregnate
3. Noun. Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.
Generic synonyms: Conception, Creation
Specialized synonyms: Pollenation, Pollination, Cross-fertilisation, Cross-fertilization, Self-fertilisation, Self-fertilization, Superfecundation, Superfetation
Derivative terms: Fecundate, Fertilize, Impregnate, Impregnate
Definition of Impregnation
1. n. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
Definition of Impregnation
1. Noun. The act of making pregnant; fertilization. ¹
2. Noun. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance. ¹
3. Noun. That with which anything is impregnated. ¹
4. Noun. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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