单词 | superimpregnation |
释义 | superimpregnationn. Now rare. 1. Chemistry. Impregnation or infusion with an additional substance; (also) strong impregnation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > impregnation or infiltration > with an additional substance superimpregnation1682 1682 N. Grew Exper. Solution Salts vii. i. §2 in Anat. Plants 296 With what difference of quantity this Superimprægnation would be made, upon the Solution of different Salts? 1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. 257 (margin) Super-impregnation of Water with Salts. 1817 W. Chapman Treat. Preserv. Timber ii. iv. 128 The superimpregnation with sulphat of copper, mentioned in this section, was made. 1945 U.S. Patent 2,390,823 1/2 As the cable is drawn continuously through the pressure cylinder it will be subjected to superimpregnation because of the fact that the oil..is under pressure. 2. Physiology. Superfetation or superfecundation; an instance of this. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [noun] > additional superfetation1603 superconception1646 superimpregnation1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Superimprægnation, a second Conception, after one has conceived before. 1854 Western Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 1 121 The changes that take place in the uterus shortly after conception and the establishment of a new process, that of gestation, are..quite incompatible with a superimpregnation. 1893 J. H. Sanders Horse-breeding iv. 327 According to its nature, superimpregnation is divided into two forms, technically termed superfœtation and super-fœcundation. 1920 Med. Rec. 4 Sept. 400/1 Superimpregnation is of two sorts, superfecundation and superfetation. 1975 M. A. Hewson Giles of Rome iv. x. 228 He [sc. Dino del Garbo] also cites Avicenna's example of seven children being conceived by super-impregnation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682 |
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