saturation
See also: Saturation
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- 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.
- Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.
Derived terms
[edit]- antisaturation
- desaturation
- oversaturation
- oxygen saturation
- peripheral oxygen saturation
- postsaturation
- presaturation
- resaturation
- saturation current
- saturation dive
- saturation diver
- saturation diving
- saturation patrol
- saturation point
- saturation temperature
- saturation vapor pressure
- saturation vapour pressure
- subsaturation
- supersaturation
- suprasaturation
- undersaturation
- unsaturation
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of saturating or the process of being saturated
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condition in which no increase in effect is possible
chemistry: state of a saturated solution
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organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds
state of 100% humidity
vividness of color
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flooding of market
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musical effect
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “saturation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “saturation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin saturātiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]saturation f (plural saturations)
- (chemistry, usually uncountable) saturation
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “saturation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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