impregnation
Collocations
3ADJ.
farther, former
IMPREGNATION + NOUN
petroleum, substances
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
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.
Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid....
That with which anything is impregnated.
An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
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Synonyms
noun — creation by the physical union of male and female gametes
- fertilization
- fertilisation
- fecundation
noun — the process of totally saturating something with a substance
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2Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid....
WiktionaryOil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in m
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