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impregnation

/ impregnation /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the process of totally saturating something with a substance
"the impregnation of wood with preservative"
"the saturation of cotton with ether"
Type of:
permeation pervasion suffusion
Has parts:
plastination
Derived:
impregnate saturate
noun Sense 2
material with which something is impregnated
"the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
Type of:
material stuff
noun Sense 3
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Type of:
creation conception
Kinds of:
pollination pollenation cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation self-fertilization
Derived:
impregnate knock up bang up prang up inseminate
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
2
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permeation pervasion suffusion material stuff creation conception pollination pollenation cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation self-fertilization