saturation
Collocations
6ADJ
market
VERB + SATURATION
approach, be close to | reach
SATURATION + NOUN
level, point | coverage | bombing
Definitions
noun
The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.
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.
The state of a saturated solution.
The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
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Synonyms
noun — the process of totally saturating something with a substance
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Example Bank
6Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concer
WiktionaryModulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.
WiktionaryPacked add with wraparound […] Packed add signed with saturation […] Packed add unsigned with saturation
WiktionaryThe pulse ox sensor couldn't get a good oxygen saturation reading because Tom's hands were so cold.
Tatoeba · #3924516Tom is a saturation diver.
Tatoeba · #9470413The doctor instructed the patient to clip the pulse oximeter onto their finger so that they could measure their blood oxygen saturation levels.
Tatoeba · #11562059