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Saturation

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of saturating or the process of being saturated. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue wordnet
  5. 5
    The state of a saturated solution. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    the process of totally saturating something with a substance wordnet
  2. 7
    The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence wordnet
  4. 9
    The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function. countable, usually
  5. 10
    The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity. uncountable, usually
  6. 11
    The intensity or vividness of a colour. uncountable, usually
  7. 12
    Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white. uncountable, usually
  8. 13
    intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it. uncountable, usually
  9. 14
    The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold. uncountable, usually
  10. 15
    An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music. uncountable, usually
  11. 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
  12. 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."

  13. 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"

Etymology

Etymology tree Late Latin saturatiobor. English saturation Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.

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