0 present participle of impregnate
1 to cause something, usually a solid substance, to absorb something, usually a liquid:
2 to make a woman or female animal pregnant
For power line applications, special requirements are placed on the inflammability of the coating and the epoxy resin impregnating or coating the capacitor body.
But an ingenious man devised the system of impregnating little sticks of pinewood with sulfur and storing them ready for use.
For power line applications, special requirements are placed on the non-flammability of the coating and the epoxy resin impregnating or coating the capacitor body.
It is also where the devil supposedly suckles when he comes at night to bed his faithful servants, sometimes impregnating them with his seed.
There is also an interest in semiconducting textiles, made by impregnating normal textiles with carbon- or metal-based powders.
It is made by impregnating a thin woven nylon fabric with liquid silicone from both sides.
One section of poles is being preserved by replacing the cellulose in the wood with water-carried wax, impregnating the wood over the years.
The more compact coil windings were made possible by the use of shellac for impregnating the windings and improving the reliability of their insulation.
