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saturated

verb

Meaning

  1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  2. To fill to excess.
  3. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
  4. To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
  5. Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  6. Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  7. (of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  8. Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
  9. (color) Having a high level of saturation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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