saturated

English

Verb

saturated

1. simple past and past participle of saturate

Adjective

saturated (comparative more saturated, superlative most saturated)

1. (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
2. (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.

   Synonyms: drenched, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet

4. (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
5. (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
6. Having a high level of saturation.

Derived terms

• monounsaturated
• polyunsaturated
• saturated fat
• saturated fatty acid
• saturated solution
• saturated steam
• saturated vapor pressure
• supersaturated
• unsaturated

 

Related terms

• saturate
• saturation
• saturity

 

Translations

full; unable to hold or contain any more

• Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten)
• Catalan: saturat (ca)
• Dutch: verzadigd (nl)
• Finnish: kylläinen (fi), kyllästetty
• French: saturé (fr)
• Georgian: გაჯერებული (gaǯerebuli)
• German: gesättigt (de), saturiert (de)
• Italian: saturato (it)
• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Malay: tertipu
• Maori: tōpuni, kōhura
• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: plin (ro)
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)
• Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

soaked or drenched with moisture

• Bulgarian: пропит (bg) (propit), просмукан (bg) (prosmukan)
• Finnish: läpimärkä (fi), vettä tippuva
• Georgian: გაჟღენთილი (gažɣentili)
• Maori: tōpuni
• Norwegian: mettet
• Plautdietsch: derchjenat
• Russian: пропи́танный (ru) (propítannyj)

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

• Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten)
• Catalan: saturat (ca)
• Danish: mættet
• Finnish: kylläinen (fi)
• Indonesian: jenuh (id)
• Irish: sáithithe
• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: saturat (ro)
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)
• Tagalog: tigmak
• Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

chemistry: having all available valence bonds filled

• Bulgarian: наситен (bg) (nasiten)
• Catalan: saturat (ca)
• Danish: mættet
• Finnish: tyydyttynyt (fi)
• Hungarian: telített (hu)
• Indonesian: jenuh (id)
• Irish: sáithithe
• Japanese: 飽和した (ほうわした, hōwa shita)
• Maori: kōhura
• Norwegian: mettet
• Romanian: saturat (ro)
• Russian: насы́щенный (ru) (nasýščennyj)
• Welsh: dirlawn (cy)
• Yiddish: אָנגעזעטיקט (ongezetikt)

colour: having a high level of saturation

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References

• “saturated”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.