saturation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: saturation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saturation n the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" Synonym(s): impregnation, saturation the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue Synonym(s): saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saturation \Sat`ura"tion\, n. [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.] 1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. 2. (Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent. 3. (Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors. Note: The degree of saturation* of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.