SUPERSATURATE

Etymology

Verb

supersaturate (third-person singular simple present supersaturates, present participle supersaturating, simple past and past participle supersaturated)

To cause a solution to have more solute dissolved in it than it can stably contain at current conditions.

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*sat"u*rate, v. t.

Definition: To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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