saturation
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Wikipedia saturation (usually uncountable; plural saturations)
- the act of saturating or the process of being saturated
- (physics) 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
- (chemistry) the state of a saturated solution
- (chemistry) the state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
- (meteorology) the state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
- the intensity or vividness of a colour
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
- the flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
- (music) an effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
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- IPA: /sa.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
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saturation f. (plural saturations)
- (chemistry, usually uncountable) saturation