saturation

sat·u·ra·tion  (sch-rshn)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of saturating.

b. The condition of being saturated.

c. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction; satiety.

2. Physics A state of a ferromagnetic substance in which an increase in applied magnetic field strength does not produce an increase in magnetization.

3. Chemistry The state of a compound or solution that is fully saturated.

4. Meteorology A condition in which air at a specific temperature contains all the water vapor it can hold; 100 percent relative humidity.

5. Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. See Table at color.

6. Intensive shelling or bombing of a military target to achieve total destruction.

7. The flooding of a market with all of a commodity that consumers can purchase.

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saturation

Noun

1. the process or state that occurs when one substance is filled so full of another substance that no more can be added

2. Mil the use of very heavy force, esp. bombing, against an area

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saturation  (sch-rshn)

1. The state of a physical system, such as a solution, containing as much of another substance, such as a solute, as is possible at a given temperature or pressure.

2. The vividness of a color's hue. Saturation measures the degree to which a color differs from a gray of the same darkness or lightness. Compare huevalue

3. The state of being a saturated organic compound. See more at saturated.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saturation - the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" impregnation permeation, pervasion, suffusion - the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"
	2.	saturation - the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid filling - the act of filling something
	3.	saturation - a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" saturation point - (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor
	4.	saturation - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue chroma, vividness, intensity chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue color property - an attribute of color

Translations

saturation [sætʃəˈreɪʃən] n → saturación f

saturation [sætʃəˈreɪʃən] n → saturation f

saturation [sætʃəˈreɪʃən] saturate n (Chem) → Sättigung f;

saturation advertising → flächendeckende Werbung f;

saturation bombing → Flächenbombardierung f

saturation [sætʃəˈreɪʃən] n → saturazione f