impregnation

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It starts with a fast-growing undisclosed African hardwood which is heat-treated and then further processed, including with resin impregnation.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

The cooling ceramic exhibits super-hydrophilicity, enabling immediate droplet spreading and facilitating rapid impregnation of the droplets through its interconnected porous structure.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

It’s a message at the core of The Handmaid’s Tale, the 1985 classic novel that imagines the institutionalisation of fertile women as “handmaids”, for impregnation by the elite.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2019

For starters, it puts the entire burden of pregnancy prevention on women, despite the necessary male component of impregnation.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2018

The conclusion at which he arrives is that the pollen is not in all flowering plants necessary for impregnation, for fertile seeds can be produced without its influence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various