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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saturation \Sat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. saturatio: cf F.
saturation.]
1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating;
complete penetration or impregnation.
2. (Chem.) The act process, or result of saturating a
substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
3. (Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white;
purity; -- said of colors.
Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative
purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
saturation
n 1: the process of permeating or infusing [syn: {permeation}, {pervasion},
{impregnation}, {suffusion}]
2: the act of saturating something
3: (chemistry) the state in which a substance contains no
multiple bonds and thus is incapable of undergoing
additional reactions
4: chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence
vividness of hue [syn: {chroma}, {intensity}, {vividness}]
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