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English noun: saturation | |||
| 1. | saturation (process) the process of totally saturating something with a substance | ||
| Samples | The impregnation of wood with preservative. The saturation of cotton with ether. | ||
| Synonyms | impregnation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | permeation, pervasion, suffusion | ||
| Part meronym | plastination | ||
| 2. | saturation (act) the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | filling | ||
| 3. | saturation (state) a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | saturation point | ||
| 4. | saturation (attribute) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | ||
| Synonyms | chroma, intensity, vividness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color property | ||
| Substance meronym | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | ||
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