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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance;
- Example: "a saturated solution"
[syn: saturated, concentrated]

2. used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled;
- Example: "saturated fats"

3. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black;
[syn: saturated, pure]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. [1913 Webster] Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a. 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated. [1913 Webster] Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. [1913 Webster] Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

saturated adj 1: being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" [syn: saturated, concentrated] [ant: unsaturated] 2: used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" [ant: unsaturated] 3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant: unsaturated]