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impregnation

/,ɪmprɛɡ'neɪʃən/

Synonyms of impregnation Antonyms of impregnation Examples of impregnation Usage of impregnation Parts of impregnation Definition that contains impregnation Words sounding like impregnation Explanation of impregnation

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
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Similar:

fecundation fertilisation fertilization

type of:
creation conception
noun
the process of totally saturating something with a substance
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"the impregnation of wood with preservative"

Similar:

saturation

type of:
suffusion permeation pervasion

part of:
plastination
noun
material with which something is impregnated
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"the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"

type of:
material stuff

Examples of impregnation

"the impregnation of wood with preservative"
"the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"