saturation
saturation Lexical Profile
saturation Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added to a substance or medium.
"Heavy autumn rains brought the soil to complete saturation, increasing the risk of localized flooding."
The degree or state to which a commercial market, medium, or area is completely filled or supplied with a product, service, or information, leaving little room for further growth.
"The smartphone industry has reached near saturation in many developed economies, prompting companies to focus on upgrades."
The intensity, vividness, or purity of a color, expressed as the degree to which it differs from white or gray of the same brightness.
"The photographer slightly reduced the color saturation of the portrait to create a soft, vintage aesthetic."
In organic chemistry, the state of an organic compound having only single bonds between carbon atoms and therefore unable to undergo addition reactions.
"The hydrogenation process increases the degree of saturation in vegetable oils to make them solid at room temperature."
• Rhymes for saturation
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Late Latin saturatio ('a filling, satisfying'), derived from the Latin verb saturare ('to fill full, glut, satisfy') and the adjective satur ('full of food, sated').