"polysaturated" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-polysaturated.wav
Etymology: From poly- + saturated. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|saturated}} poly- + saturated Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polysaturated (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, of an internal binary mapping on a countably infinite set) Having the property that for some cardinality, all subsets of that cardinality or smaller map to another element of the subset. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj-3egjE4Am Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 33 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 18 5 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (of a polyamorous person) Having as many romantic partners as one can handle at a time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj-hKGQIWBQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 30 53 17
  3. Misconstruction of polyunsaturated. Tags: alt-of, misconstruction, not-comparable Alternative form of: polyunsaturated
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj-CtCfhT7H Categories (other): English misconstructions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Polyamory Disambiguation of Polyamory: 0 0 0
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