"supersaturation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-supersaturation.wav [US] Forms: supersaturations [plural]
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  1. (physics) The condition of a solution being more highly concentrated than is normally possible. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (physics) the condition of a vapour having a higher saturation vapour pressure than is normally possible. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (physiology) The condition of a solution of gases in a tissue having a higher concentration in terms of sum of partial pressures than the ambient pressure. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: desupersaturation Related terms: supersaturated Translations (condition of a solution): пресищане (presištane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), přesycení [neuter] (Czech), oververzadiging [feminine] (Dutch), ylikylläisyys (Finnish), Übersättigung (German), ofmettun [feminine] (Icelandic), yfirmettun [feminine] (Icelandic), 過飽和 (ka-hōwa) (alt: かほうわ) (Japanese), презаситеност (prezasitenost) [feminine] (Macedonian)
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