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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saturation \Sat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.]
The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
(Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
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(Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, formed in English from saturate, or else from Late Latin saturationem (nominative saturatio), noun of action from past participle stem of saturare. Saturation bombing is from 1942, first in reference to Allied air raid on Cologne, Germany.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of saturating or the process of being saturated 2 (context physics English) 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 (context chemistry English) the state of a saturated solution 4 (context chemistry English) the state of an organic compound that has no double bond or triple bonds 5 (context meteorology English) the state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity 6 (art) the intensity or vividness of a colour 7 intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it 8 the flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold 9 (context music English) an effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music 10 (cx telecommunications English) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit. 11 (cx telecommunications English) 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.
WordNet
n. the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" [syn: impregnation]
the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue [syn: chroma, intensity, vividness]
Wikipedia
Saturation, saturated, unsaturation or unsaturated may refer to:
Seen in some magnetic materials, saturation is the state reached when an increase in applied external magnetic field H cannot increase the magnetization of the material further, so the total magnetic flux density B more or less levels off. (It continues to increase very slowly due to the vacuum permeability.) Saturation is a characteristic of ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials, such as iron, nickel, cobalt and their alloys.
In chemistry, saturation (from the Latin word saturare, means to fill) has diverse meanings, all based on reaching a maximum capacity.
- In physical chemistry, saturation is the point at which a solution of a substance can dissolve no more of that substance and additional amounts of it will appear as a separate phase (as a precipitate, if solid, or as effervescence or inclusion, if gaseous). This point of maximum concentration, the saturation point, depends on the temperature and pressure of the solution as well as the chemical nature of the substances involved. This can be used in the process of recrystallisation to purify a chemical: it is dissolved to the point of saturation in hot solvent, then as the solvent cools and the solubility decreases, excess solute precipitates. Impurities, being present in much lower concentration, do not saturate the solvent and so remain dissolved in the liquid. If a change in conditions (e.g. cooling) means that the concentration is actually higher than the saturation point, the solution has become supersaturated.
- In physical chemistry, when referring to surface processes, saturation denotes the degree at which a binding site is fully occupied. For example, base saturation refers to the fraction of exchangeable cations that are base cations. Similarly, in environmental soil science, nitrogen saturation means that an ecosystem, such as a soil, cannot store any more nitrogen.
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In organic chemistry, a saturated compound has no double or triple bonds. In the case of saturated ethane, each carbon centre has four single bonds as is characteristic of other saturated hydrocarbons, alkanes. In contrast, in ethylene (CH), each carbon centre is engaged in two single and one double bond.Thus, like other alkenes, ethylene is unsaturated. The degree of unsaturation specifies the amount of hydrogen that a compound can bind. The term is applied similarly to the fatty acid constituents of fats, which can be either saturated or unsaturated, depending on whether the constituent fatty acids contain carbon-carbon double bonds. Unsaturated is used when any carbon structure contains double or occasionally triple bonds. Many vegetable oils contain fatty acids with one (monounsaturated) or more (polyunsaturated) double bonds in them. The bromine number is an index of unsaturation.
- In organometallic chemistry, an unsaturated complex has fewer than 18 valence electrons and thus is susceptible to oxidative addition or coordination of an additional ligand. Unsaturation is characteristic of many catalysts because it is usually a requirement for substrate activation. In contrast, a coordinatively saturated complex resists undergoing substitution and oxidative addition reactions.
- In biochemistry, the term saturation refers to the fraction of total protein binding sites that are occupied at any given time.
Let G(V, E) be a graph and M a matching in G. A vertex v ∈ V(G) is said to be saturated by M if there is an edge in M incident to v. A vertex v ∈ V(G) with no such edge is said to be unsaturated by M. We also say that M saturates v.
Genetic saturation is the reduced appearance, which occurs over time, of sequence divergence rate that results from reverse mutations, homoplasies and other multiple changes occurring at single sites along two lineages.
Genetic saturation occurs most rapidly on fast evolving sequences, such as the hypervariable region of mitochondrial DNA, or in Short tandem repeat such as on the Y-chromosome.
Saturation is the debut album of Vas Deferens Organization, released in 1996 through Aether Records.
Saturation is the fourth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1993 and produced by the Butcher Bros. Saturation was Urge Overkill's debut on Geffen Records, and a deliberate attempt at a hit record. The label released "Sister Havana" and "Positive Bleeding" as singles in the U.S. and Europe. "Sister Havana" charted highly on both the modern rock and mainstream rock charts, peaking at #6 and #10, respectively, while "Positive Bleeding" became a minor rock radio hit. Total time for CD is 69 minutes 59 seconds.
At the start of "Nite and Grey", a piece of dialogue by McGarrett from Hawaii Five-O is played before the music starts. The quote is from Season 5, Episode 6, titled "Fools Die Twice".
The graphic art for the album cover is an artistic depiction of the Houston, Texas city skyline.
Usage examples of "saturation".
How can round and angular be distinguished, when only colors and gross differences of intensity and saturation are perceived?
They have a saturation that makes them look as if they were the quintessence of a life of passion, and they are among the most precious diamonds of our poetry.
Examination of the airways revealed no soot deposition, and blood carboxyhemoglobin saturation was minimal.
Cora showed a slight discoloration from central cyanosis due to polycythemia and reduced oxygen saturation, despite the genetically modified hemoglobin-Y and the enhanced lung capacity.
I allowed three such sets to climax laboriously, proving that even in the full intensity of male saturation, even with every part of my lower body and the surrounding floor slippery with spunk, I could avoid the enthralment if I wished.
Even after thousands of years the huge icecaps that must have formed after the saturation bombing still covered nearly a quarter of the planet.
The same causes lead to confusion of tongues, a clattering of crockery, a rattling of tin mugs, a whisking of brooms, and an expenditure of water, all in excess, while the saturation of the young ladies themselves is almost too moving a spectacle for Mrs. Bagnet to look upon with the calmness proper to her position.
Israeli armored columns behind heavy tactical-artillery saturation push into Syria all the way to Abu Kenal in twelve hours: Damascus has firestorms.
This was some of the oldest surface on the planet, cratered to saturation in the earliest years of torrential bombardment.
The southern highlands were wildly pocked in every direction, with the raw, primordial, lunar look that saturation cratering always had.
The southern highlands were wildly pocked in every direction, with the raw, primordial, lunar look that saturation cratering always had.
Hell, for that matter, they could’ve blasted their way through anything Suka’s System Defense Force could have thrown at them, unless the SDF was prepared to resort to saturation airstrikes Nordbrandt could have invaded the Nemanja Building and taken the entire Parliament hostage on the very first day of her offensive, instead of just bombing it with civilian explosives.
But the story was receiving saturation coverage, and the only relief available was to stay away from broadcast media for the next month.
First of all, cellular phones may be reaching market saturation, but the general field of wireless communications is still in its infancy.
Ethan explained, clearly and forcefully, the difference between minimum and optimum, and oversaw the filter changes and the subsequent drop back to a more reasonable 45% saturation.