Saturation

German Meaning

Sättigung

Durchdringung

English Meaning

  1. The act or process of saturating.
  2. The condition of being saturated.
  3. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction; satiety.
  4. Physics A state of a ferromagnetic substance in which an increase in applied magnetic field strength does not produce an increase in magnetization.
  5. Chemistry The state of a compound or solution that is fully saturated.
  6. Meteorology A condition in which air at a specific temperature contains all the water vapor it can hold; 100 percent relative humidity.
  7. Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. See Table at color.
  8. Intensive shelling or bombing of a military target to achieve total destruction.
  9. The flooding of a market with all of a commodity that consumers can purchase.