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impregnation
(,/I/mpr/E/g'n/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • material with which something is impregnated(noun.substance)
    Example:
    The impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue.
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of totally saturating something with a substance(noun.process)
    Example:
    The impregnation of wood with preservative.
    Synonym:
    saturation
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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