| Pronunciation: | | `satshu'reyshun
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| Matching Terms: | | saturation point
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- [n] the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
- [n] chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue
- [n] the process of permeating or infusing
- [n] a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
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| | Synonyms: | | chroma, impregnation, intensity, permeation, pervasion, suffusion, vividness |
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| | See Also: | | ammonification, carbonation, chromatic color, chromatic colour, color property, condition, diffusion, filling, saturation point, spectral color, spectral colour, status |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. saturatio: cf. F.
saturation.]
1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating;
complete penetration or impregnation.
2. (Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a
substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
3. (Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white;
purity; -- said of colors.
Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative
purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
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