Dictionary Definition
saturated adj
1 being the most concentrated solution possible
at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a
substance; "a saturated solution" [syn: concentrated] [ant:
unsaturated]
2 wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood
at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated
with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the
speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: drenched, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy]
3 used especially of organic compounds; having
all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" [ant: unsaturated]
4 (of color) being chromatically pure; not
diluted with white or gray or black [syn: pure] [ant: unsaturated]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
saturatedAdjective
Translations
full; unable to hold or contain any more
- Finnish: kylläinen, kyllästetty
soaked or drenched with moisture
- Finnish: läpimärkä, vettä tippuva
of a solution: containing all the solute that
can normally be dissolved
chemistry: having all available valence bonds
filled
- Finnish: tyydyttynyt
Extensive Definition
Saturation or saturated generally means
"thoroughly full", while unsaturated means less than full. These
terms may be related to:
- Dew point, which is a temperature that occurs when atmospheric humidity reaches 100% and the air can hold no more moisture
- Market saturation, in economics, a situation in which a product has become diffused (distributed) within a market
- Saturated model, a concept in mathematical logic
- Saturation (album), an album by the alternative rock band Urge Overkill, created by Overkill corporation, 1994
- Saturation (biology), in mutation studies, the observed number of mutations relative to the maximum amount possible (usually undefined)
- Saturation (chemistry), multiple definitions for chemistry
- Saturation (color theory), the intensity of a specific hue
- Saturation intent, a rendering intent in color management
- Saturation (magnetic), the state when the material cannot absorb a stronger magnetic field
- Oxygen saturation, a clinical measure of the amount of oxygen in a patient's blood
- Saturation (telecommunications), a number of meanings
- Saturation arithmetic, in arithmetic, a version of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to fixed range
- Saturated Fat
- In the earth sciences, saturation generally refers to the water content in the soil, where the unsaturated zone is above the water table and the saturated zone is below
- Saturated liquid or saturated vapor, contains as much thermal energy as it can without boiling or condensing
- Saturated transistor, a BJT transistor that is fully turned on
saturated in Czech: Saturace
saturated in French: Saturation
saturated in Italian: Saturazione
saturated in Japanese: 飽和
saturated in Norwegian: Metning
saturated in Polish: Saturacja
saturated in Russian: Насыщенность
saturated in Simple English:
Saturation
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
SRO,
allayed, awash, bathed, bloated, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, choked, chuck-full, cloyed, congested, cram-full, crammed, crawling, creeping, crowded, deluged, dipped, disgusted, distended, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet,
drowned, engorged, engulfed, farci, fed-up, filled, filled to overflowing,
flooded, flush, full, full of, full to bursting,
glutted, gorged, honeycombed, hyperemic, immersed, in spate, inundated, jaded, jam-packed, jammed, macerated, oozing, overblown, overburdened, overcharged, overfed, overflowed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted, overfull, overgorged, overladen, overloaded, oversaturated, overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweighted, packed, packed like sardines,
permeated, plenary, plethoric, ready to burst,
replete, round, running over, sated, satiated, satisfied, seeping, shot through, sick of,
slaked, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, standing room only,
steeped, stuffed, stuffed up, submerged, submersed, supercharged, supersaturated, surcharged, surfeited, swamped, swarming, swollen, teeming, tired of, topful, waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, wet, whelmed, with a bellyful, with a
snootful, with enough of, wringing wet