Definition of Impregnation
Noun
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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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the process of totally saturating something with a substance
"the impregnation of wood with preservative"
"the saturation of cotton with ether"
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material with which something is impregnated
"the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
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