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Webster 1913 Edition


Impletion

Im-ple′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
impletio
. See
Implement
.]
1.
The act of filling, or the state of being full.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
That which fills up; filling.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impletion

IMPLE'TION

,
Noun.
[L. impleo, to fill; in and pleo.]
The act of filling; the state of being full.
The impletion is either in simple or compound flowers. The impletion of simple flowers, is by the increase either of the petals, or of the nectary.

Definition 2024


impletion

impletion

English

Noun

impletion (plural impletions)

  1. An act of filling; the state of being full.
    • 1842 W. Jardine, P. J. Selby, George Johnston, Charles C. Babington, J. H. Balfour, Richard Taylor, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Volume 10,
      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.
    • 1867, The Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 1
      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.
  2. A substance which fills, a filling.

Derived terms

  • judicial impletion