impregnation

Noun
  1. Material with which something is impregnated (synset 114940947)
    "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
    is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  2. The process of totally saturating something with a substance (synset 113517720)
    "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"
    is a type of: permeation, pervasion, suffusion - the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
    is a part of: plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
    same as: saturation
  3. Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;
    Of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant (synset 107451586)
    is a type of: conception, creation - the event that occurred at the beginning of something
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization

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