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Definition: Impregnation |
ImpregnationNoun1. The process of permeating or infusing. 2. Creation by the union of sperm or pollen with an animal or plant or egg cell. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "impregnation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | The process of thoroughly soaking a material. . . with a synthetic resin so that the resin gets within the body of the material. The process is usually carried out in an impregnator. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A procedure by which the intestices of a solid are filled with liquid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A)strictly the saturation of timber with a wood preservative; b)in practice, the general introduction of such preservative. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | 1. the act of fecundation or of rendering pregnant. 2. the process or act of saturation; a saturated condition. (references) |
Metallurgy | Sealing a porous coating by filling the pores with thermosetting plastic under pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The treatment of castings with a sealing medium to stop pressure leaks. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonyms: ImpregnationSynonyms: fecundation (n), fertilisation (n), fertilization (n), permeation (n), pervasion (n), saturation (n), suffusion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combination | Alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid; resultant, impregnation. |
Mixture | Impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation; adulteration, sophistication. |
Production | Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Impregnation |
| English words defined with "impregnation": Adosculation, ammonification, antifertility ♦ contraceptive ♦ Intercross ♦ Oosperm ♦ Polyspermy, prophylactic ♦ Stockwork, Superinpregnation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "impregnation": bituminous rock ♦ CAPACITOR ASSEMBLER, copperization ♦ gagatization, GREEN INSPECTOR ♦ impregnating helper, IMPREGNATOR-AND-DRIER HELPER ♦ low-density explosive ♦ pre-framing, pressure creosoting ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL TECHNICIAN, INKED RIBBONS ♦ skim coating, suberization ♦ WAD IMPREGNATOR, waxed paper. (references) |
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 | This photomicrograph reveals central nervous system syphilis, causing general paresis, or paretic neurosyphilis. Numerous treponemes can be identified using silver impregnation technique; magnification 950X. Credit: CDC. |  | IMPREGNATION gives protection from Scrub Typhus Fever : Be sure your clothing is properly impregnated. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Impregnation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impregnation" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "impregnation": grouting by impregnation ♦ wood impregnation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "impregnation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pllenim (fecundation, insemination, pollination), ngopje (glut, repletion, satiation, satiety, saturation, surfeit), mbarsje (insemination). (various references) | |
Arabic | نقع (assuage, drench, impregnate, infuse, mashing, saturate, saturation, slake, soak, souse, steep, temper, wash, water), تلقيح (fecundation, fertilization, fertilizing, inoculation, pollination, vaccination), تخصيب (fattening, fertilization, fertilizing, insemination). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | внедряване (implantation, inculcation), оплодяване (fertilization, insemination), оплодотворяване, насищане (satiation, saturation), импрегнация, импрегниране. (various references) | |
Chinese | 注入 (infusion). (various references) | |
Czech | oplození. (various references) | |
Danish | impregnering (making pregnant), impraegnering, imprægnering (doping, telegony), imprægnatio, telegoni (telegony), prægning (coining, embossed finish, Embossing, imprint, imprinting, molding, moulding, telegony), befrugtning (fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, telegony). (various references) | |
Dutch | impregnatie (telegony). (various references) | |
Finnish | impregnointi (carbonation), impregnoiminen, imeytys, tiivistäminen (calking, caulking, compacting, compaction, luting up, make up, making up, mudding up, rolling), kyllästys (saturation), kyllästäminen. (various references) | |
French | imprégnation (grouting by impregnation, imprinting). (various references) | |
German | imprägnierung (Reproofing, waterproofing), befruchtung (fecundation, fertilization, insemination, pollination), imprägnation (telegony). (various references) | |
Greek | γονιμοποίηση (fertilisation, fertilization, insemination, pollination), εμπότιση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עבור (because of, conception, for, for the sake of, intercalation, so that), התעברות (annoyance, conception), הפריה (fertilization, insemination), הספגה (absorption, sponging). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megtermékenyítés (fecundation, fructification, insemination), átitatás (doping, imbibition, permeation, saturation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penghamilan (fertilization), pembuntingan (insemination), pembacaman. (various references) | |
Italian | impregnazione (doping, grouting by impregnation, penetration prime coat, priming, road oiling, telegony). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 受精 (fertilization, pollination). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じゅせい (Confucian scholar, fertilization, pollination). (various references) | |
Korean | 임신 (Pregnancy, Pregnant). (various references) | |
Manx | jannoo torragh (fecundate, fecundation, fertilize, impregnate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impregnationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impregnao, impregnação (permeation, pervasion, saturation), impregnação, telegonia (telegony), saturao, fecundao, embebimento. (various references) | |
Romanian | impregnare (saturation), saturare (glut, saturation), fertilizare (fertilization), fecundare (fecundation, fertilization, insemination). (various references) | |
Russian | оплодотворение (fertilization, insemination, semination), пропитывание (treatment), пропитка (treatment). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | impregnacija, oplođenje. (various references) | |
Spanish | impregnación (pervasion). (various references) | |
Swedish | impregnering (waterproofing). (various references) | |
Turkish | hamile bırakma, empoze etme, emdirme, doyurma (feeding, reassurance, satiation, saturation), dölleme (fertilization, fructification, insemination), aşılama (fertilization, grafting, immunization, implantation, infusion, inoculation, instillation, instillment, instilment, vaccinal, vaccination). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | насичування, зачаття (conception), запліднення (conception, fecundation, fertilization, insemination). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tiêm nhiễm sự thấm đẫm, sự thụ tinh, sự làm thấm đầy, sự làm thụ thai, sự làm sinh sản sự thấm nhuần. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "impregnation": impregnations. (additional references) | |
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"Impregnation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impregation, imprenation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "impregnation" (pronounced i'mpre"gnā"shun) |
| 6 | -g n ā" sh u n | designation, indignation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | fascination, abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, carnation, combination, concatenation, condemnation, consternation, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, damnation, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, desalination, destination, determination, detonation, discrimination, disinclination, dissemination, divination, domination, donation, elimination, emanation, examination, explanation, extermination, germination, hallucination, hibernation, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, intonation, machination, nation, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, reincarnation, rejuvenation, renomination, rumination, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aminopterin, germination. | |
-2 letters: emigration, gemination, impregnant, pertaining, repainting. | |
-3 letters: arointing, enamoring, imparting, importing, magnetron, mentoring, migration, morganite, omnirange, operating, orienting, originate, parenting, prenomina, prominent, pronating, protamine, rationing, remaining, reminting, retaining, tampering, tamponing. | |
-4 letters: anointer, antiporn, aproning, arginine, atropine, emigrant, ignitron, ignorami, ignorant, imaginer, impetigo, impinger, imponing, inarming, magneton, meriting, migraine, minoring, mitering, negation, negatron. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: impersonating, impregnations, predominating, prenominating. | |
+2 letters: intercomparing. | |
+5 letters: hyperpigmentation. | |
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