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saturation

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Late Latin saturatiobor. English saturation Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.

  1. borrowed from saturatio

Definitions

  1. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.

    • Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.

  2. The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further…

    The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.

  3. The state of a saturated solution.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.

    2. The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation…

      The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.

    3. The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour

      The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.

    4. The intensity or vividness of a colour.

    5. Chromatic purity

      Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.

    6. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.

    7. The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.

    8. An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.

    9. The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling…

      The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.

    10. The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates…

      The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.

      • Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.

    11. A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See…

      A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.

      • Packed add with wraparound […] Packed add signed with saturation […] Packed add unsigned with saturation

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Derived

antisaturation, chemosaturation, desaturation, episaturation, hypersaturation, monosaturation, nonsaturation, oversaturation, oxygen saturation, peripheral oxygen saturation, photosaturation, postsaturation, predator saturation, presaturation, resaturation, saturation current, saturation dive, saturation diver, saturation diving, saturation patrol, saturation point, saturation temperature, saturation vapor pressure, saturation vapour pressure, semisaturation, subsaturation, supersaturation, suprasaturation, undersaturation, unsaturation, zone of saturation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at saturation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at saturation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at saturation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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