saturated

adj, noun — 9 senses

saturated

adj
8 senses
  1. 1Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  2. 2Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  3. 3Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved…
  4. 4Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of…
  5. 5Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that…
  6. 6Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation…
  7. 7Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
  8. 8Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).
1

Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

2

Soaked or drenched with moisture.

3

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Of a solution Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.

4

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

5

Mathematics, Sciences, Set theory Of a set S Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.

With respect to an equivalence relation ≡

6

Mathematics, Sciences, Set theory, Topology Especially, Of a set S Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).

With respect to a function f With respect to an equivalence relation ≡

7

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Conforming to saturation arithmetic.

  • a saturated value
8

Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).

  • a saturated image
Derived terms
disaturated, hypersaturated, isosaturated, monosaturated, monounsaturated, nonsaturated, polysaturated, polyunsaturated, saturated fat, saturated fatty acid, saturatedly, saturatedness, saturated solution, saturated steam, saturated vapor pressure, saturated zone, semisaturated, subsaturated, supersaturated, trisaturated, undersaturated, unsaturated
Related terms
saturate, saturation, saturity

saturated

noun
1

A saturated hydrocarbon.

  • Thus, in Fig. 12, if it is assumed that the illuminants are chiefly ethylene and the saturateds largely methane it can be seen that the normal formation of ethylene is […]1916, Eugene Hendricks Leslie, The Decomposition of Hydrocarbons and the Influence of Hydrogen in Carbureted Water Gas Manufacture (page 73)

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