| saturation | |
| 1. n. the act of saturating or the process of being saturated | |
| 2. n. (physics) the condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be furt | |
| 3. n. (chemistry) the state of a saturated solution | |
| 4. n. (chemistry) the state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds | |
| 5. n. (meteorology) the state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity | |
| 6. n. (art) the intensity or vividness of a colour | |
| 7. n. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it | |
| 8. n. the flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold | |
| 9. n. (music) an effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music | |
| 10. n. (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit. | |
| 11. n. (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased. | |
| Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation. | |
