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) Japanese: 飽和した (ja) (ほうわした, hōwa shita)

Norwegian: mettet (no) Romanian: plin (ro)

soaked or drenched with moisture

Finnish: läpimärkä (fi), vettä tippuva (fi)

Norwegian: mettet (no)

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.

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.

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German: gesättigt

Related terms

• saturate
• saturity
• unsaturated
• polyunsaturated