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/ɪmprˈɛgnˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Impregnation

noun

Material with which something is impregnated.

The process of totally saturating something with a substance. Synonym: saturation. "The saturation of cotton with ether"

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.

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... the tissues to a vessel containing pure melted paraffin. Place this vessel in a paraffin water-bath regulated for 2 deg. C. above the melting-point of the paraffin used, and allow the tissues to soak for some four to six hours to ensure complete impregnation. The paraffin used should have a melting-point of not more than 58 deg. C. For all ordinary purposes 54 deg. C. will be ...

— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre

... its specific gravity becomes less than that of the water displaced, and it forthwith makes its appearance at the surface. But decomposition is modified by innumerable circumstances—is hastened or retarded by innumerable agencies; for example, by the heat or cold of the season, by the mineral impregnation or purity of the water, by its depth or shallowness, by its currency or stagnation, by the temperament of the body, by its infection or freedom from disease before death. Thus it is evident that we can assign no period, with any thing like accuracy, at which the corpse shall rise ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... on to be making pictures, it was rather easy for them, without exciting any comment, to get ready. This consisted in seeing that their automatic pistols were in good working order. They also applied for new gas masks, with a fresh impregnation of chemicals. When they received these, and with a supply of lampblack, they were ready, waiting only for ...

— The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front - Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films • Victor Appleton

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