Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Saturated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saturated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Saturating}.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to
saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See {Satire}.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or
soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay.
Fill and saturate each kind With good according to
its mind. --Emerson.
2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become
inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold;
as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in
solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a
saturated solution of salt.
2. (Chem.) 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}.
Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients
for others, but can not take on more without such
exchange.
{Saturated color} (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a
pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
saturated
adj 1: being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a
substance; "a saturated solution" [syn: {concentrated}]
[ant: {unsaturated}]
2: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door
drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with
perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the
speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: {drenched},
{soaked}, {soaking}, {sodden}, {sopping}, {soppy}]
3: (chemistry) used especially of organic compounds; having all
available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats" [ant: {unsaturated}]
4: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white
or gray or black [syn: {pure}] [ant: {unsaturated}]
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