saturated

sat·u·rat·ed  (sch-rtd)

adj.

1. Unable to hold or contain more; full.

2. Soaked with moisture; drenched.

3. Chemistry

a. Combined with or containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

b. Of or relating to an organic compound, especially a fatty acid, containing the maximum number of hydrogen atoms and only single bonds between the carbon atoms.

4. Geology Of or relating to minerals that can crystallize from magmas even in the presence of excess silica.

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saturated  (sch-rtd) 1. Relating to an organic compound in which all the carbon atoms are joined by single bonds and therefore cannot be combined with any additional atoms or radicals. Propane and cyclopentane are examples of saturated hydrocarbons. Compare unsaturated. 2. Relating to a solution that is unable to dissolve more of a solute. 3. Containing as much water vapor as is possible at a given temperature. Air that is saturated has a relative humidity of 100 percent.

saturated a molecule of cyclopentane

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	saturated - being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" concentrated unsaturated - not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature; "an unsaturated salt solution"
	2.	saturated - used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions unsaturated - used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond; "unsaturated fats"
	3.	saturated - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black pure unsaturated - (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated red"

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saturated

adjective soaked, soaking (wet), drenched, sodden, dripping, waterlogged, sopping (wet), wet through, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, droukit or drookit Scot.