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Saturated   /sˈætʃərˌeɪtəd/  /sˈætʃərˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Saturated

adjective
1.
Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.  Synonym: concentrated.  Antonym: unsaturated.
2.
Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled.  Antonym: unsaturated.
3.
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black.  Synonym: pure.  Antonym: unsaturated.


Saturate

verb
(past & past part. saturated; pres. part. saturating)
1.
Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.
2.
Infuse or fill completely.  Synonym: impregnate.



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"Saturated" Quotes from Famous Books



... will not, Claggett," he said, and his high-pitched voice managed to be saturated with sarcasm. "This is the one thing that is keeping me from unutterable boredom, while you go into your interminable fight." He paused to give Claggett Chew a cutting look. "You know how I feel about piracy—too terribly degrading, though ...
— Mr. Wicker's Window • Carley Dawson
... circumscribed within a small space. When, in a great mass of water, the particles at the surface acquire a different specific gravity, a superficial current is formed, which takes its direction towards the point where the water is coldest, or where it is most saturated with muriate of soda, sulphate of lime, and muriate or sulphate of magnesia. In the seas of the tropics we find, that at great depths the thermometer marks 7 or 8 centesimal degrees. Such is the result of the numerous experiments of commodore Ellis and of M. Peron. The temperature of the ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America • Alexander von Humboldt
... a pleasant hillside where I worked, covered with pine woods, through which I looked out on the pond, and a small open field in the woods where pines and hickories were springing up. The ice in the pond was not yet dissolved, though there were some open spaces, and it was all dark-colored and saturated with water. There were some slight flurries of snow during the days that I worked there; but for the most part when I came out on to the railroad, on my way home, its yellow sand heap stretched away gleaming in the hazy atmosphere, and the rails shone ...
— Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience • Henry David Thoreau
... be too thin to sustain the weight of an aeroplane unless the machine were flying at terrific velocity, and besides, at that height, there wouldn't be enough air for an aviator to breathe. At that, Anton, you can see for yourself that if the air is saturated with water vapor—and the cloud-bearing atmosphere is eight or ten miles thick—there is room for ...
— The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men • Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
... closed over me when I was surrounded by profound darkness. Saturated with the outside light, my eyes couldn't make out a thing. I felt my naked feet clinging to the steps of an iron ladder. Forcibly seized, Ned Land and Conseil were behind me. At the foot of the ladder, a door opened and instantly closed behind ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne


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