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SATURATED
saturated, pure
(adjective) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
saturated
(adjective) used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; “saturated fats”
saturated, concentrated
(adjective) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; “a saturated solution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(color) Having a high level of saturation.
Synonyms
• (soaked with moisture): drenched, saturated, sodden; see also wet
Source: Wiktionary
Sat"u*ra`ted, a.
1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; - - said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
Note: 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.
SATURATE
Sat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] Etym: [L. saturatus, p.p. of saturate to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. Emerson.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
Sat"u*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Definition: Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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