saturated

English

Verb

saturated

1. simple past 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.
5. (color) Having a high level of saturation.

Derived terms

• monounsaturated
• polyunsaturated
• supersaturated
• unsaturated

Related terms

• saturate
• saturation
• saturity

Translations

full; unable to hold or contain any more

• Catalan: saturat
• Dutch: verzadigd (nl)
• Finnish: kylläinen (fi), kyllästetty
• French: saturé (fr)
• German: gesättigt (de), saturiert (de)
• Italian: saturato (it)
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• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Maori: tōpuni
• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: plin (ro)
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)

soaked or drenched with moisture

• Finnish: läpimärkä (fi), vettä tippuva
• Maori: tōpuni
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• Norwegian: mettet
• Russian: пропи́танный (ru) (propítannyj)

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

• Catalan: saturat
• Danish: mættet
• Finnish: kylläinen (fi)
• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
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• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: saturat (ro) m or n
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)
• Tagalog: tigmak

chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled

• Catalan: saturat
• Danish: mættet
• Finnish: tyydyttynyt (fi)
• Hungarian: telített
• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
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• Maori: kōhura
• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: saturat (ro) m or n
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} gesättigt (de)
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References

• “saturated”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.