| NOUN | process | saturation, impregnation | the process of totally saturating something with a substance |
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| act | saturation | the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid / liquid | |
| state | saturation | a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence | |
| attribute | saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness | chromatic purity |
| Sounds | sae.cherey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The process of totally saturating something with a substance. | |
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| Example | "the saturation of cotton with ether" | |
| Synonym | impregnation | |
| Part of | plastination | A process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues |
| Broader | permeation, pervasion, suffusion | The process of permeating / permeating / permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| Meaning | The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid / liquid. | |
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| Broader | filling | The act of filling something |
| Spanish | saturación | |
| Catalan | saturació | |
| Verbs | saturate | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance |
| Meaning | A condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence. | |
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| Narrower | saturation point | (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | saturación | |
| Catalan | saturació | |
| Meaning | Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue. | |
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| Synonyms | chroma, intensity, vividness | |
| Broader | color property | An attribute of color / color |
| Substance of | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | A color that has hue |
| Spanish | chroma, intensidad, pureza, saturación, viveza | |
| Catalan | chroma, intensitat, vivesa | |
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