impregnation, n.
(impregnations)
(impregnations)
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
<noun.event>
fecundation fertilisation fertilization impregnation
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the process of totally saturating something with a substance
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
impregnation saturation
sample sentences
"the impregnation of wood with preservative""the saturation of cotton with ether"
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material with which something is impregnated
<noun.substance>
impregnation
sample sentences
"the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
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