Definitions for: Saturated


[adj] (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
[adj] (chemistry) used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats"
[adj] being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution"
[adj] wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients
for others, but can not take on more without such
exchange.

Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a
pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.

Synonyms: concentrated, drenched, intense, pure, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy, supersaturated, vivid, wet

Antonyms: unsaturated

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