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saturated
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saturated
Verb
  • simple past tense and past participle of saturate
Adjective
  • Full; unable to hold or contain any more. not comparable
  • Soaked or drenched with moisture. comparable
  • Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature. not comparable, chemistry, of a solution
  • Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms. chemistry
saturate
Verb
  • To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  • To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.