Saturated

Quick meaning: Saturated is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of saturate.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of saturate.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
2. (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
3. (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
4. (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
5. (computing) Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
6. Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).
7. (mathematics, set theory, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation ≡) Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.

Example Sentences

a saturated value

a saturated image

Synonyms for saturated

Depending on context, synonyms include drenched, sodden, bewatered, damp, dripping, drunk.

Antonyms for saturated

Common opposites include unsaturated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intense, vivid, concentrated, soppy, soaking, sopping.

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