meaning of impregnation

1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
2.
The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
3.
That with which anything is impregnated.
4.
Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
5.
An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
6.
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant


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