saturated

English

Verb

saturated

1. simple past tense and past participle of saturate

Adjective

saturated (comparative more saturated, superlative most saturated)

1. (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
2. (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
3. (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
4. (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

Translations

full; unable to hold or contain any more

• Finnish: kylläinen (fi), kyllästetty (fi)
• French: saturé (fr)
• German: gesättigt (de), saturiert (de)
• Japanese: 飽和した (ja) (ほうわした, hōwa shita)

• Norwegian: mettet (no)
• Romanian: plin (ro)
• Russian: насыщенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)

soaked or drenched with moisture

• Finnish: läpimärkä (fi), vettä tippuva (fi)
• Norwegian: mettet (no)

• Russian: пропитанный (ru) (propítannyj)

of a solution: containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved

• Finnish: kylläinen (fi)
• Japanese: 飽和した (ja) (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Norwegian: mettet (no)

• Romanian: saturat (ro) m and n
• Russian: насыщенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)

chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled

• Finnish: tyydyttynyt (fi)
• Japanese: 飽和した (ja) (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Norwegian: mettet (no)

• Romanian: saturat (ro) m and n
• Russian: насыщенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)

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• German: gesättigt

Related terms

• saturate
• saturity
• unsaturated
• polyunsaturated