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Webster 1913 Edition
Saturated
Sat′u-raˊted
,Adj.
1.
Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible;
as,
. saturated
garments; a saturated
solution of salt2.
(Chem.)
Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; – said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds;
thus, methane is a
. Contrasted with saturated
compoundunsaturated
. ☞ A
saturated
compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. Saturated color
(Optics)
, a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
Webster 1828 Edition
Saturated
SAT'URATED
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Definition 2024
saturated
saturated
English
Verb
saturated
- simple past tense and past participle of saturate
Adjective
saturated (comparative more saturated, superlative most saturated)
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
Translations
full; unable to hold or contain any more
soaked or drenched with moisture
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of a solution: containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved
chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled
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