impregnation
pronunciation
How to pronounce impregnation in British English:
UK [ˌɪmpreɡ'neɪʃn]
How to pronounce impregnation in American English:
US [ˌɪmpreɡ'neɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- material with which something is impregnated
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Word Origin
- impregnation (n.)
- late 14c., "making or becoming pregnant," from Old French impregnacion, from Late Latin impregnationem (nominative impregnatio), from impraegnare (see impregnate).
Example
- 1. Hardening , as of tissue , by such impregnation .
- 2. Use the centrifuge or drip station to reclaim excess sealant after impregnation .
- 3. Set up special process control system for anodize , chemical film , passivation , impregnation and pressure through writing or changing working instruction , process control card and other process control charts .
- 4. Impregnation with pitch four wimes baking and graphitization .
- 5. Paper wrapping , impregnated with viscid isolation impregnation substance ;