saturated
English
Verb
saturated
- simple past and past participle of saturate
Adjective
saturated (comparative more saturated, superlative most saturated)
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- (color) Having a high level of saturation.
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Translations
full; unable to hold or contain any more
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soaked or drenched with moisture
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of a solution: containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved
chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled
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References
- “saturated”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.