saturated

The definition of saturated is something that is completely soaked, or something that is filled to the brim and cannot take any more.

(adjective)

  1. If you believe that the media is overfull of images of violence, this is an example of a time when you might say the media is saturated with violent images.
  2. When a towel is completely soaked through, this is an example of a time when it is saturated.

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See saturated in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. filled to capacity; having absorbed all that can be taken up
  2. soaked through with moisture; wet
  3. undiluted with white: said of colors
    1. Chem. designating or of an organic compound containing no double or triple bonds
    2. designating certain vegetable and animal fats and oils thought to cause unhealthy levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream
  4. containing so much dissolved substance that no more can be dissolved at the given temperature: said of a solution
  5. Geol. containing as much combined silica as is possible: said of rocks and minerals

See saturated in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Unable to hold or contain more; full.
  2. Soaked with moisture; drenched.
  3. Chemistry
    a. Combined with or containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
    b. Of or relating to an organic compound, especially a fatty acid, containing the maximum number of hydrogen atoms and only single bonds between the carbon atoms.
  4. Geology Of or relating to minerals that can crystallize from magmas even in the presence of excess silica.

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