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Impregnation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making pregnant; fertilization. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant wordnet
  3. 3
    The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance. countable, uncountable

    "Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid...."

  4. 4
    the process of totally saturating something with a substance wordnet
  5. 5
    That with which anything is impregnated. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    material with which something is impregnated wordnet
  2. 7
    An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. countable, uncountable

    "Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past."

Etymology

From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

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