saturation
saturation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 38 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
- 2.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- basta
- blase
- bore
- child
- cloy
- cloyment
- enough
- fatigue
- fill
- glut
- good
- gorge
- have
- heartsick
- hold
- jam
- much
- pall
- quench
- quite
- repletion
- sate
- satiate
- satiation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- saturate
- sick
- slake
- spoil
- surfeit
- terrible
- thing
- tire
- too
- weariness
- weary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is saturation.
- What is the act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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