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Webster 1913 Edition

Saturation

Satˊu-ra′tion

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Noun.
[L.
saturatio
: cf. F.
saturation
.]
1.
The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
2.
(Chem.)
The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
3.
(Optics)
Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; – said of colors.
☞ The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saturation

SATURA'TION

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Noun.
In a general sense, a filling or supply to fullness. In chimistry, the union, combination or impregnation of one body with another by natural attraction, affinity or mixture, till the receiving body can contain no more; or solution continued till the solvent can contain no more. The saturation of an alkali by an acid, is by affinity; the saturation of water by salt, is by solution.

Definition 2024

saturation

saturation

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saturation ‎(usually uncountable, plural saturations)

  1. the act of saturating or the process of being saturated
  2. (physics) 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
  3. (chemistry) the state of a saturated solution
  4. (chemistry) the state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
  5. (meteorology) the state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
  6. (art) the intensity or vividness of a colour
  7. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
  8. the flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
  9. (music) an effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
  10. (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
  11. (telecommunications) 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.
    Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.

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  • IPA(key): /sa.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

saturation f ‎(plural saturations)

  1. (chemistry, usually uncountable) saturation

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