Impregnation
[,ɪmprɛg'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the process of totally saturating something with a substance; 'the impregnation of wood with preservative'; 'the saturation of cotton with ether'.
(noun.) material with which something is impregnated; 'the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue'.
Checker: Terrance--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
(n.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
(n.) That with which anything is impregnated.
(n.) Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
(n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fecundation.[2]. Infusion, saturation, tincture.
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Examples
- The perfect impregnation of the water with gas, however, requires time. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The temperature has considerable influence in the process of impregnation, for in hot weather the gas will not combine so readily, nor will the water absorb an equal volume of gas. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It may swamp us, it may, if we seize the opportunity, mean the impregnation of our national life with a new brilliancy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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