"saturation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: saturations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} saturation (usually uncountable, plural saturations)
  1. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the act of saturating or the process of being saturated): насищане (nasištane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 飽和 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 饱和 (páu-hô) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 飽和 (Chinese Cantonese), 饱和 (baau² wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 飽和 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱和 (bǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), verzadiging (Dutch), saturaatio (Finnish), kyllästäminen (Finnish), saturation [feminine] (French), გაჯერება (gaǯereba) (Georgian), Sättigung [feminine] (German), saturazione [feminine] (Italian), 飽和 (hōwa) (alt: ほうわ) (Japanese), 포화 (pohwa) (alt: 飽和) (Korean), metning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), saturacja [feminine] (Polish), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese), насыще́ние (nasyščénije) [neuter] (Russian), сатура́ция (saturácija) [feminine] (Russian), saturación [feminine] (Spanish), mättnad (Swedish), mättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-MgJh0NEL Disambiguation of 'the act of saturating or the process of being saturated': 63 2 11 5 7 1 2 1 0 3 2 3
  2. (physics) 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 Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics Translations (condition in which no increase in effect is possible): пресищане (presištane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 飽和 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 饱和 (páu-hô) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 飽和 (Chinese Cantonese), 饱和 (baau² wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 飽和 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱和 (bǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), kyllästyminen (Finnish), saturaatio (Finnish), 飽和 (hōwa) (alt: ほうわ) (Japanese), 포화 (pohwa) (alt: 飽和) (Korean), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-JEtyRUUs Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'condition in which no increase in effect is possible': 1 52 6 7 6 1 1 1 2 7 12 4
  3. (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry: state of a saturated solution): наситеност (nasitenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 飽和 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 饱和 (páu-hô) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 飽和 (Chinese Cantonese), 饱和 (baau² wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 飽和 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱和 (bǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), saturaatio (Finnish), saturation [feminine] (French), 飽和 (hōwa) (alt: ほうわ) (Japanese), 포화 (pohwa) (alt: 飽和) (Korean), metning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nasycenie [neuter] (Polish), saturacja [feminine] (Polish), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese), насыще́ние (nasyščénije) [neuter] (Russian), saturación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-en:chemistry_solution Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 16 12 4 7 3 0 13 5 14 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: state of a saturated solution': 5 7 37 16 14 2 3 1 0 5 4 6
  4. (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds): наситеност (nasitenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 飽和 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 饱和 (páu-hô) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 飽和 (Chinese Cantonese), 饱和 (baau² wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 飽和 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱和 (bǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), tyydyttyminen (Finnish), 飽和 (hōwa) (alt: ほうわ) (Japanese), 포화 (pohwa) (alt: 飽和) (Korean), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-HhgeYIUe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 16 12 4 7 3 0 13 5 14 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds': 2 6 15 35 15 2 4 1 0 10 4 6
  5. (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Meteorology Translations (state of 100% humidity): наситеност (nasitenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 飽和 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 饱和 (páu-hô) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 飽和 (Chinese Cantonese), 饱和 (baau² wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 飽和 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱和 (bǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), kylläisyys (Finnish), 飽和 (hōwa) (alt: ほうわ) (Japanese), 포화 (pohwa) (alt: 飽和) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-xi2F~K7w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 16 12 4 7 3 0 13 5 14 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'state of 100% humidity': 1 10 23 21 35 1 2 1 0 3 3 2
  6. (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-RIyJibjj Topics: art, arts
  7. Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-JPlEVtDb
  8. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-Zka0nmgb
  9. The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (flooding of market): kyllästäminen (Finnish), metning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-0EVy4T9M Disambiguation of 'flooding of market': 3 5 7 8 6 1 2 3 49 5 4 7
  10. (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Music Translations (musical effect): saturaatioefekti (Finnish), saturaatio (Finnish), saturacja [feminine] (Polish), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-NjizfBWz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 16 12 4 7 3 0 13 5 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'musical effect': 3 11 11 9 10 4 7 3 1 29 4 9
  11. (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Telecommunications
  12. (telecommunications) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Telecommunications
    Sense id: en-saturation-en-noun-2-WptUbz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 16 12 4 7 3 0 13 5 14 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: saturate, hue, chroma Translations (vividness of color): наситеност (nasitenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), värikylläisyys (Finnish), telítettség (Hungarian), metning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), saturacja [feminine] (Polish), saturação [feminine] (Portuguese), saturación [feminine] (Spanish), pureza [feminine] (Spanish), mättnad [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "the act of saturating or the process of being saturated",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎohé",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds",
      "word": "饱和"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds",
      "word": "tyydyttyminen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōwa",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds",
      "word": "飽和"
    },
    {
      "alt": "飽和",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pohwa",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds",
      "word": "포화"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturação"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasitenost",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наситеност"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "飽和"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "baau² wo⁴",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "饱和"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "飽和"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "páu-hô",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "饱和"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "飽和"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎohé",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "饱和"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "kylläisyys"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōwa",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "飽和"
    },
    {
      "alt": "飽和",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pohwa",
      "sense": "state of 100% humidity",
      "word": "포화"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasitenost",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наситеност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "word": "värikylläisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "word": "telítettség"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pureza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vividness of color",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mättnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flooding of market",
      "word": "kyllästäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "flooding of market",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flooding of market",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturação"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical effect",
      "word": "saturaatioefekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical effect",
      "word": "saturaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saturação"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saturation"
}

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