EGAVE

saturation

About 6.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun The state of a saturated solution.
  4. noun The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
  5. noun The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
  6. noun The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
  7. noun The intensity or vividness of a colour.
  8. noun Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.

Similar words

permeation chroma suffusion impregnation pervasion intensity vividness storm flooding landslide

Often followed by

of and is point in with current temperature curve

Word family

saturations

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