saturation
(noun) the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness
(noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
impregnation, saturation
(noun) the process of totally saturating something with a substance; “the impregnation of wood with preservative”; “the saturation of cotton with ether”
saturation
(noun) a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saturation (usually uncountable, plural saturations)
The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
(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
(chemistry) The state of a saturated solution
(chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
(meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
(art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
(color) Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
(music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
(telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
(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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sat`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.]
1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
3. (Optics)
Definition: Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 December 2024
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
