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saturated

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of saturate

adjective more saturated · most saturated

not comparable Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
Similar: impregnate
comparable Soaked or drenched with moisture.
Similar: drenched, sodden, bewatered, damp, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, moisty, overwatered
not comparable, of a solution Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
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.
especially, with respect to a function f, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation ≡ Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).
Conforming to saturation arithmetic. a saturated value
Having a high level of saturation (in various senses). a saturated image

noun saturateds

A saturated hydrocarbon. Thus, in Fig. 12, if it is assumed that the illuminants are chiefly ethylene and the saturateds largely methane it can be seen that the normal formation of ethylene is […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: intense, vivid, concentrated, soppy, soaking, sopping, sodden, soaked, drenched, wet, pure, supersaturated, overcrowded, overloaded, strained, crowded

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adj full; unable to hold or contain any more

日本語	飽和した hōwa shita
中文	飽和 /饱和 bǎohé
Français	saturé
Deutsch	gesättigt, saturiert
Italiano	saturato
Română	plin
Русский	насы́щенный nasýščennyj

adj soaked or drenched with moisture

Русский	пропи́танный propítannyj

adj of a solution: containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved

日本語	飽和した hōwa shita
中文	飽和 /饱和 bǎohé
Română	saturat
Русский	насы́щенный nasýščennyj

adj chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled

日本語	飽和した hōwa shita
Română	saturat
Русский	насы́щенный nasýščennyj

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@misc{saturated_2026,
  title = {saturated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saturated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}