"polysaturated" meaning in English

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Adjective

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 Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj-3egjE4Am Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (of a polyamorous person) Having as many romantic partners as one can handle at a time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Polyamory
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj-hKGQIWBQ Disambiguation of Polyamory: 6 92 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 65 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 24 56 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 52 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 81 9
  3. Misspelling of polyunsaturated. Tags: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable Alternative form of: polyunsaturated
    Sense id: en-polysaturated-en-adj--fmS0aZ~
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