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noun
The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The state of a saturated solution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory, topology
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noun
The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
The intensity or vividness of a colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: art, arts
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noun
Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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noun
The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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noun
A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: filling
noun
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chroma, intensity, vividness
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Broader terms: color property
noun
the process of totally saturating something with a substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: impregnation
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Broader terms: permeation, pervasion, suffusion
noun
a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: saturation point
History
Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.
Across languages
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
