Impregnation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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 spermatozoön) 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. Derham.

4. Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

5. An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Raymond.