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Meanings of impregnation in English

Portuguese
fertilização
Catalan
fecundació
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Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.

        fertilização

        The process of totally saturating something with a substance.

              Usage of impregnation in English
              1
              After Love Story was released, the rate of impregnation suddenly shot up.
              The Guardian
              2
              Characterization analyses confirmed the successful impregnation of curcumin into the BC matrix.
              Pubmed
              3
              The French and Italian olive oil is usually free from this impregnation.
              A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons / Exhi...
              4
              The medical literature relative to precocious impregnation is full of marvelous instances.
              Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
              5
              Such impregnation methods double or treble the life of railway ties.
              Handwork in Wood
              6
              The egg, immediately upon its discharge from the ovary, is ready for impregnation.
              Plain Facts for Old and Young
              7
              Two days after impregnation the flask B began to show signs of fermentation.
              The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
              8
              Surrogate motherhood would be outlawed, as would the artificial impregnation of single women.
              The Irish Times
              9
              Self-reports of impregnation (including age) and gambling were collected during late adolescence.
              Pubmed
              10
              However, Golgi-Cox impregnation revealed no apparent change in the dendritic arborization and spine density.
              Pubmed
              11
              At the present day artificial impregnation in pisciculture is extensively used with great success.
              Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
              12
              All this, except the impregnation with primuline, should be done in the dark room.
              Photographic Reproduction Processes
              13
              They are comprised under the general heading of "Changes prior to impregnation."
              The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
              14
              Five days after impregnation the gland is about 2 cm.
              Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
              15
              If we examine the fertilized germ, we discover unusual activity, the result of impregnation.
              The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
              16
              Resting spores produced after fertilization either by conjugation or impregnation.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
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