Saturated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Saturated	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saturated adj being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" Synonym(s): saturated, concentrated Antonym(s): unsaturated used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" Antonym(s): unsaturated (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black Synonym(s): saturated, pure Antonym(s): unsaturated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saturate \Sat"urate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated* with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. 2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saturated \Sat"ura`ted\, a. 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated* garments; a saturated solution of salt. 2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with {unsaturated}. Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. {Saturated color} (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.