Meanings
plural impletions
- countableuncountableAn act of filling; the state of being full.
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.
1867, The Medical Times and Gazette, volume 11 more example
Irregular metamorphoses of flowers are extremely common, and usually consist either of an actual multiplication of petals, or of the transformation of stamens and pistils into petals ; the effect of these changes being the formation of double flowers, the impletion of which appears to take place in different ways in different plants.
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 - countableuncountableA substance which fills, a filling.
Origin
- Latinimpleō“to fill up”
- Late Latinimplētiō
- Englishimpletion
From Late Latin implētiō (past participle of Latin impleō (“to fill up”) + -iō); see also implement.
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