impregnation

Other forms: impregnations

Definitions of impregnation

1. 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
   synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization

   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
2. noun

   the process of totally saturating something with a substance
   “the impregnation of wood with preservative”

   synonyms: saturation

   type of:

   permeation, pervasion, suffusion

   the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
3. noun

   material with which something is impregnated
   “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