impregnation

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: impregnation

1	n	creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
2	n	the process of totally saturating something with a substance

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: impregnation

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; pollenation, pollination
transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant; cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species; self-fertilisation, self-fertilization
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual; superfecundation
fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males); superfetation
fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; allogamy
cross-fertilization in plants; autogamy
self-fertilization in plants; cross-pollination
fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another; self-pollination
fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower

Type of:: conception, creation
the event that occurred at the beginning of something

“the impregnation of wood with preservative”

Type of:: permeation, pervasion, suffusion
the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

“the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue”

Type of:: material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

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