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supersaturation

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The condition of a solution being more highly concentrated than is normally possible.
  2. noun the condition of a vapour having a higher saturation vapour pressure than is normally possible.
  3. noun The condition of a solution of gases in a tissue having a higher concentration in terms of sum of partial pressures than the ambient pressure.

Similar words

suprasaturation superextensivity saturation point hyperconcentration oversum superoverwhelmingness superfetation superaddition overconcentration supernutrition

Often followed by

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Word family

supersaturate supersaturations

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