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The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.

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  1. n. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
  2. n. The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
  3. n. Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
  4. n. the process of totally saturating something with a substance
  5. n. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
  6. n. a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
  7. n. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
  8. 1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. 2. (Chem.) 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 of colors. Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
  9. The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or ofcombining it to its fullest extent.
  10. n:100 n. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid n. a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence n. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue