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English noun: impregnation

1. impregnation (substance) material with which something is impregnated


SamplesThe impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue.


Broader (hypernym)material, stuff

2. impregnation (process) the process of totally saturating something with a substance


SamplesThe impregnation of wood with preservative.
The saturation of cotton with ether.


Synonymssaturation


Broader (hypernym)permeation, pervasion, suffusion


Part meronymplastination

3. impregnation (event) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant


Synonymsfecundation, fertilisation, fertilization


Broader (hypernym)conception, creation


Narrower (hyponym)cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization, pollenation, pollination, self-fertilisation, self-fertilization, superfecundation, superfetation









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