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The definition of saturated is something that is completely soaked, or something that is filled to the brim and cannot take any more.
(adjective)- 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.
- 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
- filled to capacity; having absorbed all that can be taken up
- soaked through with moisture; wet
- undiluted with white: said of colors
- Chem. designating or of an organic compound containing no double or triple bonds
- designating certain vegetable and animal fats and oils thought to cause unhealthy levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream
- containing so much dissolved substance that no more can be dissolved at the given temperature: said of a solution
- Geol. containing as much combined silica as is possible: said of rocks and minerals
See saturated in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Unable to hold or contain more; full.
- Soaked with moisture; drenched.
- 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.
- Geology Of or relating to minerals that can crystallize from magmas even in the presence of excess silica.
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