Noun: saturation ,sa-chu'rey-shun
- The process of totally saturating something with a substance
"the saturation of cotton with ether";
- impregnation
- The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
"The saturation of the soil with fertilizer improved crop yields"
- A condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
"The market reached saturation point for smartphone sales"
- Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
"The high saturation of the tropical birds' feathers was stunning";
- chroma, intensity, vividness
Derived forms: saturations
Type of: color property [US], colour property [Brit, Cdn], condition, filling, permeation, pervasion, status, suffusion
Part of: chromatic color [US], chromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], plastination, spectral color [US], spectral colour [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Saturation