impletion

impletion
a) An act of filling; the state of being full.

Irregular metamorphoses of flowers are extremely common, and usually consist either of an actual muliplication of petals, or of the transformation of stamens and pistils into petals ; the effect of these chages being the formation of double flowers, the impletion of which appears to take place in different ways in different plants.

b) A substance which fills, a filling.

The greater the impletion of the artery during systole, the longer is the interval between the primary expansion and the acme of distension, and the bolder the curve which indicates it.


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  • Impletion — Im*ple tion, n. [L. impletio. See {Implement}.] 1. The act of filling, or the state of being full. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. That which fills up; filling. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impletion — [im plē′shən] n. 〚LL(Ec) impletio < pp. of L implere: see IMPLEMENT〛 Rare a filling or being filled * * * …   Universalium

  • impletion — index plethora Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • impletion — [im plē′shən] n. [LL(Ec) impletio < pp. of L implere: see IMPLEMENT] Rare a filling or being filled …   English World dictionary

  • impletion — ə̇mˈplēshən noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin impletion , impletio, from Latin impletus (past participle of implēre to fill up) + ion, io ion more at implement archaic : the act of filling or the state of being full …   Useful english dictionary

  • impletion — im·ple·tion …   English syllables

  • impletion — /ɪmˈpliʃən/ (say im pleeshuhn) noun 1. the act of filling. 2. the state of being filled. 3. that which fills up; a filling. {Late Latin implētio, from Latin implēre fill up} …  

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