English Dictionary

impregnation

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act of making pregnant; fertilization. / The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.

日本語の意味

妊娠、受精（精子と卵子が結合する行為） / 何かを染み込ませたり、浸透させたりする行為（例：ある物質やアイディアが広がる様子）

The scientist documented the process of impregnation during the in vitro study.

研究者は体外実験で受胎の過程を記録した。

意味（1）

The act of making pregnant; fertilization.

意味（2）

The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.

意味（3）

That with which anything is impregnated.

意味（4）

(geology) 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.

impregnations （ plural ）