Main entry: fertilisation, fertilization, fecundation, impregnation
Definition: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Main entry: impregnation, saturation
Definition: the process of totally saturating something with a substance
Usage: the impregnation of wood with preservative; the saturation of cotton with ether
Main entry: impregnation
Definition: material with which something is impregnated
Usage: the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue