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impregnations

impregnations is the plural of impregnation.

Meaning of impregnation

Noun

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

  1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
  2. 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....1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES
  3. That with which anything is impregnated.
  4. 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.1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24

Questions about impregnations

What is impregnations the plural of?
Impregnations is the plural of impregnation.

Words near impregnations in the dictionary

  1. impregnated
  2. impregnates
  3. impregnateth
  4. impregnating
  5. impregnation
  6. impregnations
  7. impregnative
  8. impregnator
  9. impregnators
  10. impregnatory
  11. impregned

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