befruktning — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fertilization noun The joining of a sperm and egg (or pollen and ovule) to produce offspring.
- impregnation noun The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
Senses
befruktning is used for these senses in English:
- fertilization The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- impregnation The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
fertilization — full definition
- noun The joining of a sperm and egg (or pollen and ovule) to produce offspring.
- noun The act of adding fertilizer to soil to make it more productive.
impregnation — full definition
- noun The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
- noun The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
- noun That with which anything is impregnated.
- noun An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.