saturated
adjective, noun
Also a form of saturate
Forms saturateds
- adjective (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- adjective (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- adjective (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- adjective (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- adjective (mathematics, set theory, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation ≡) Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
- adjective (mathematics, especially topology, with respect to a function f) Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).
- adjective (computing) Conforming to saturation arithmetic. “a saturated value”
- adjective Having a high level of saturation (in various senses). “a saturated image”
- noun A saturated hydrocarbon.
Synonyms
impregnate drenched sodden bewatered damp dripping drunk humid irriguous madid moist moisty overwatered plashy soaked soggy soppy spewy spongy squidgy concentrated pure
Antonyms
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
- adjective Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; - -said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “saturated”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details