impregnation meaning and definition

IMPREGNATION noun

Definition of impregnation (noun)

1. material with which something is impregnated
   • "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
2. the process of totally saturating something with a substance
   • "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization