saturation
/,sætʃə'reiʃn/
Definition
- Noun:
- The state of being completely full or soaked: The condition where something has absorbed as much of a liquid or substance as it possibly can.
- The intensity or purity of a color: The degree to which a color is vivid and free from being mixed with white, making it appear strong and pure.
- A point of maximum capacity or concentration: A state where no more of something can be added, absorbed, or responded to.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The heavy rain led to the saturation of the soil, causing puddles to form.
- Adjust the saturation on your TV to make the colors more vibrant.
- The market has reached saturation; there are now coffee shops on every corner.
Advanced Usage
- "To reach saturation point": To arrive at a stage where no more can be added, accommodated, or accepted.
- The news coverage of the event reached saturation point, with every channel discussing it.
- "Color saturation": A technical term in photography, design, and television referring to the intensity of a color.
- The photographer increased the color saturation in the landscape photo.
Variants and Related Words
- Saturate (verb): To cause something to become thoroughly soaked or to fill something completely.
- Saturate the sponge with water.
- Saturated (adjective):
- Soaked with moisture.
- The ground was saturated after the storm.
- (Of a color) Very bright and pure.
- She wore a dress in a saturated red.
- (Chemistry) Denoting compounds in which all available chemical bonds are used.
- Saturated fats are typically solid at room temperature.
Synonyms
- Imbibition: The process of soaking up a liquid.
- Soaking: The act of making something very wet.
- Pervasion: The quality of spreading through and being present in every part.
- Intensity (regarding color): The strength or vividness of a color.
Related Phrases
- Market saturation: A situation in which a product has been distributed to all potential consumers and sales volume plateaus.
- The smartphone market is nearing saturation in many developed countries.
- Saturation bombing/diving: Intensive and widespread military bombing or a state in scuba diving where body tissues have absorbed the maximum amount of inert gas.
- (Historical) The city was subjected to saturation bombing during the war.
- Technical divers must carefully manage saturation to avoid decompression sickness.
Related Idioms
- (To be) saturated with: To be filled or loaded with something (often abstract) to the fullest extent.
- The book is saturated with historical details.
- The air was saturated with the scent of flowers.
Noun
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chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
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a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
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the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
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the process of totally saturating something with a substance
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the impregnation of wood with preservative
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the saturation of cotton with ether
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