Look up: saturation

1. Saturation
   The condition of a liquid when it has taken into solution the maximum possible quantity of a given substance at a given temperature and pressure.
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2. Saturation
   The strength or darkness of a colour filter - a saturated colour filter is one which is as deep a colour as is possible without critically affecting the resultant light.
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3. Saturation
   A characteristic of the observation of colour. Saturated colours are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colours are called dull, weak, or washed out.
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4. saturation
   [n] - a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence 2. [n] - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue 3. [n] - the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
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5. Saturation
   The point at which the tape is fully magnetized and will accept no more magnetization.
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6. saturation
   the amount of colour in an image; when the saturation is zero, there is no colour, so you are left with a greyscale image
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7. Saturation
   Saturation represents how pure a colour is. It is the amount or strength of the colour. Saturation is measured as a percentage from 0% to 100%. If a colour has a saturation of 0% then the colour will contain no hue and would appear grey. On the other hand, if the saturation of a colour is 100% then the colour will appear fully saturated.
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8. Saturation
   The state in which all available bonds of an atom are attached to other atoms. Alkanes are saturated. Olefins are unsaturated
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9. Saturation
   This is the phenomena in an amplifier where for a further increase in input signal there is no increase in output signal.
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10. Saturation
    Measure of the strength of a colour.
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11. saturation
    a) a condition of equilibrium in which liquid and vapour may exist when in contact with each other; b) that state of a solution which contains the maximum amount of substance that the solvent is capable of dissolving at a given temperature Category: Mechanical engineering • carbonation c...
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12. Saturation
    An attribute of perceived color, or the percentage of hue in a color. Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out. The vividness or purity of a colour; the less gray a colour contains, the more saturated it is.
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13. Saturation
    The condition of a liquid when it has taken into solution the maximum possible quantity of a given substance at a given temperature and pressure.
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14. Saturation
    Sat`u·ra'tion noun [ Latin saturatio : confer French saturation .] 1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. 2. (Chemistry) The act, process, or result of satu...
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15. saturation
    1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. ... 2. <chemistry> 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 ...
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16. saturation
    chroma noun chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
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17. saturation
    noun the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
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18. saturation
    noun a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
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19. saturation
    (sach″ә-ra´shәn) the state of being saturated, or the process of becoming that way. oxygen saturation the amount of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in the blood, expressed as a percentage of the maximal binding capacity.
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20. Saturation
    • (n.) The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. • (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent. • (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
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21. saturation
    (from the article `television`) ...any coloured light by three quantities: (1) its luminance (brightness or `brilliance`); (2) its hue (the redness, orangeness, blueness, or ...
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22. saturation
    any of several physical or chemical conditions defined by the existence of an equilibrium between pairs of opposing forces or of an exact balance of ... [5 related articles]
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23. Saturation
    - Refers to the intensity of hues in an image. Photos in need of a saturation boost are often ones that were overexposed or shot under hazy conditions.
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24. Saturation
    Atmospheric condition where water is changing its phase to liquid or solid. At saturation, relative humidity is 100% unless there is a shortage of deposition nuclei or condensation nuclei. Generally, this process is caused by the cooling of the atmosphere.
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25. Saturation
    How rich the colors are in a photo.
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