| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Signifies an entity that impregnates, based on the verb impregnate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (impregnate) | 1. Fill, as with a certain quality.[Wordnet]. 2. Infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol".[Wordnet]. 3. Fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated".[Wordnet]. 4. Make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again".[Wordnet]. 5. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.[Websters]. 6. To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.[Websters]. 7. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.[Websters]. 8. To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.[Websters]. 9. To become pregnant.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: impregnating, impregnated, impregnates, impregnator, impregnators, impregnatingly and impregnatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Specialty Definition: impregnate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To infuse the principle of conception; to make pregnant, as a female animal.. | 2: [Verb] To deposit the fecundating dust of a flower on the pistils of a plant; to render prolific.. | 3: [Verb] To infuse particles of one thing into another; to communicate the virtues or one thing to another, as in pharmacy, by mixture, digestion, &c.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Industry | To submerge in a liquid, as part of a process. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| MultiLingual Slang | English (knock up). (references) | ||
| Slang | To knock up. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To cause to become pregnant. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To fertilize. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance. It is recommended to impregnate new shoes before wearing them. (references) | 4: [Verb] (transitive) To saturate, or infuse. (references) |
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Specialty Expressions: IMPREGNATOR
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Impregnator and drier | Occupations | Controls equipment such as tanks, vats, ovens, and retorts, to impregnate, dry, or bake insulating, preserving, sealing, or other materials into or onto electrical or electronic components, according to specifications: Reads work orders to determine process specifications and priorities. Loads components into or onto devices, such as racks, arbors, and baskets, manually or using hoist. Manipulates controls to start and stop equipment, such as impregnating tanks, vacuum tanks, and drying and curing ovens, and to regulate processing factors, such as flow of fluids into vats or tanks, vacuum pressure, temperature, and processing time. Monitors equipment to ensure conformance to processing specifications, and records processing information. May operate molding press to encase components in protective compounds. May examine processed components for defects. May trim excess material from components. May clean component parts prior to processing. May spray protective or other coating onto surface of components, using spray gun. May weigh or melt ingredients and mix compounds. May transport components to other areas of plant. May be designated according to processing material or activity involved as Drying-Equipment Operator (elec.equip.); Impregnator, Carbon Products (electron.comp.); Impregnator, Electrolytic Capacitors (electron.comp.); Wax Impregnator (electron.comp.). (references) | |
| Impregnator operator | Occupations | 1: Tends tanks that impregnate asbestos lining stock with asphalt solution: Loads vacuum tank with rolls of asbestos lining, using hoist. Turns valves to admit specified quantities of asphalt solution into tank. Turns steam valves to heat tanks, observes temperature control chart, and adjusts coolant valves to maintain temperature within specified limits. Transfers impregnated rolls of asbestos from tank to oven, using hoist. Allows material to heat for specified time to complete impregnating process. Starts blower to dry and exhaust fumes from asbestos. May standardize width and thickness of asbestos lining [CALENDER-MACHINE OPERATOR (nonmet.min.) ]. May test impregnated stock to ensure conformance to specifications, using brake-testing machine. May deliver samples to control laboratory. May tend mixing machine to prepare impregnating solution. (references) | |
| 2: Tends tank in which catalytic material is impregnated with liquid chemicals for use in manufacturing butadiene: Weighs specified quantity of catalyst and dumps it into tank containing measured amounts of liquid chemicals. Turns steam valve to heat mixture in tank until boiling occurs, impregnating catalytic material. Determines specific gravity of mixture, using hydrometer, and adds specified types and quantities of reagents to attain prescribed specific gravity. (references) | |||
| Wad impregnator | Occupations | Tends tumbling barrels that impregnate shotgun-shell filler wads with wax to seal propellant charge against moisture and facilitate ejection of wad when shell is fired: Weighs and dumps specified quantity of wads and wax into steam-heated barrel. Stops barrel at end of prescribed time and examines wads for color shade indicating sufficient impregnation. Weighs specified number of impregnated wads and compares with weight of equal number of dry wads, using chart, to confirm that correct amount of wax has been absorbed. (references) | |
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