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

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