| saturation | | |
| n. (process) | 1. impregnation, saturation | the process of totally saturating something with a substance.; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" |
| ~ permeation, pervasion, suffusion | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance. |
| ~ plastination | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened.; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching" |
| n. (act) | 2. saturation | the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid. |
| ~ filling | the act of filling something. |
| n. (state) | 3. saturation | a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ saturation point | (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. chroma, intensity, saturation, vividness | chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue. |
| ~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | a color that has hue. |
| ~ color property | an attribute of color. |
| saturate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. saturate | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 2. impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ medicate | impregnate with a medicinal substance. |
| ~ alcoholise, alcoholize | treat or infuse with alcohol.; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ imbue, soak | fill, soak, or imbue totally.; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" |
| ~ ammonify | treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification. |
| ~ thoriate | impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission. |
| ~ stuff | treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting.; "stuff a bearskin" |
| ~ charge | saturate.; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
| ~ imbrue, drench | permeate or impregnate.; "The war drenched the country in blood" |
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