saturation

CEFRC1

/sˌætʃəˈreɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The state of being completely filled or soaked with something.

  2. 02

    noun

    The strength or intensity of a color.

Examples

  • You can manually adjust the saturation of your image in this program.

  • Tom is a saturation diver.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.

  2. The state of a saturated solution.

  3. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.

More examples

In context

  • Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.

  • Packed add with wraparound […] Packed add signed with saturation […] Packed add unsigned with saturation

  • Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

In chemistry class, we learned that the liquid reached blank when no more salt could dissolve.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.