The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
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(Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange.
Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
Usage examples of "saturated color".
The veins were of saturated color, with reds, blues, and purples predominating.
A group of maybe ten men smiled out of the picture in oddly-saturated color.
The walls were painted in rainbows of saturated color, the floor was painted green, and arrowed signs in cheerful, eccentric lettering declared this way out, this way for the space crud, and this way in.