IMPREGNATION
fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, 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
impregnation, saturation
(noun) the process of totally saturating something with a substance; “the impregnation of wood with preservative”; “the saturation of cotton with ether”
impregnation
(noun) material with which something is impregnated; “the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)
The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
That with which anything is impregnated.
(geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
Source: Wiktionary
Im`preg*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio.]
1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
Note: In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or sexual generation, consists simply in the coalescence of two similar masses of protoplasmic matter, either derived from different parts of the same organism or from two distinct organisms. From the single mass, which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these two masses, a new organism develops.
3. That with which anything is impregnated. Derham.
4. Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
5. (Mining)
Definition: An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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