nnoun.substancematerial with which something is impregnatedExamples:- the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue
Hypernyms:material stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:impregnationmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:impregnationmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.processthe process of totally saturating something with a substanceSynset:saturation
Examples:- the impregnation of wood with preservative
- the saturation of cotton with ether
Derivationally Related Form:impregnate
Part Holonyms:plastination
Hypernyms:permeation pervasion suffusion
Inherited Hypernyms:impregnationpermeationdiffusionnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.eventcreation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plantSynset:fecundation fertilisation fertilization
Derivationally Related Form:impregnatefertilizefecundate
Hypernyms:conception creation
Inherited Hypernyms:fertilizationcreationbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cross-fertilisationcross-fertilizationpollenationpollinationself-fertilisationself-fertilizationsuperfecundationsuperfetation
Full Hyponyms:allogamyautogamycleistogamycross-fertilizationcross-pollinationpollinationself-fertilizationself-pollinationsuperfecundationsuperfetation