saturated

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

saturated

1. simple past and past participle of saturate

Adjective

saturated (comparative more saturated, superlative most saturated)

1. (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
2. (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.

   Synonyms: drenched, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet

4. (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
5. (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
6. (mathematics, set theory, of a set ${\displaystyle S}$, with respect to an equivalence relation ${\displaystyle \equiv }$) Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ${\displaystyle \equiv }$; such that if ${\displaystyle x\in S}$ and ${\displaystyle x\equiv y}$ then ${\displaystyle y\in S}$.
   1. (mathematics, especially topology, with respect to a function ${\displaystyle f}$) Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation ${\displaystyle x\equiv y\iff f(x)=f(y)}$ (the kernel, sense 10, of ${\displaystyle f}$).
7. Having a high level of saturation.

Derived terms

• monounsaturated
• polyunsaturated
• saturated fat
• saturated fatty acid
• saturated solution
• saturated steam
• saturated vapor pressure
• saturated zone
• supersaturated
• unsaturated

Related terms

• saturate
• saturation
• saturity

Translations

full; unable to hold or contain any more

Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten) Catalan: saturat (ca) Dutch: verzadigd (nl) Finnish: kylläinen (fi), kyllästetty French: saturé (fr) Georgian: გაჯერებული (gaǯerebuli) German: gesättigt (de), saturiert (de) Italian: saturato (it) Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita) Malay: tertipu Maori: tōpuni, kōhura Norwegian: mettet Romanian: plin (ro) Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj) Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

soaked or drenched with moisture

Albanian: ujësuar (sq) Bulgarian: пропит (bg) (propit), просмукан (bg) (prosmukan) Finnish: läpimärkä (fi), vettä tippuva Georgian: გაჟღენთილი (gažɣentili) Maori: tōpuni Norwegian: mettet Plautdietsch: derchjenat Russian: пропи́танный (ru) (propítannyj)

of a solution: containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved

Azerbaijani: doymuş (az) Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten) Catalan: saturat (ca) Danish: mættet Finnish: kylläinen (fi) Indonesian: jenuh (id) Irish: sáithithe Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita) Norwegian: mettet Romanian: saturat (ro) Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj) Tagalog: tigmak Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled

Azerbaijani: doymuş (az) Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten) Catalan: saturat (ca) Danish: mættet Finnish: tyydyttynyt (fi) Hungarian: telített (hu) Indonesian: jenuh (id) Irish: sáithithe Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita) Maori: kōhura Norwegian: mettet Romanian: saturat (ro) Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj) Welsh: dirlawn (cy) Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

colour: having a high level of saturation

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References

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