Definitions for saturation



Overview of noun saturation

The noun saturation has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) impregnation, saturation

(the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether")

2. (1) saturation

(the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid)

3. saturation

(a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence)

4. saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness

(chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)

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