Saturation
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of saturating or the process of being saturated. uncountable, usually
- 2 the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid wordnet
- 3 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. uncountable, usually
- 4 chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue wordnet
- 5 The state of a saturated solution. uncountable, usually
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- 6 the process of totally saturating something with a substance wordnet
- 7 The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds. uncountable, usually
- 8 a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence wordnet
- 9 The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function. countable, usually
- 10 The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity. uncountable, usually
- 11 The intensity or vividness of a colour. uncountable, usually
- 12 Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white. uncountable, usually
- 13 intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it. uncountable, usually
- 14 The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold. uncountable, usually
- 15 An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music. uncountable, usually
- 16 The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit. uncountable, usually
- 17 The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased. uncountable, usually
"Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation."
- 18 A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic. uncountable, usually
"Packed add with wraparound […] Packed add signed with saturation […] Packed add unsigned with saturation"
Example
More examples"The pulse ox sensor couldn't get a good oxygen saturation reading because Tom's hands were so cold."
Etymology
Etymology tree Late Latin saturatiobor. English saturation Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.