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saturated
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[ adjective ] wet through and through; thoroughly wet
Examples "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain" "a shirt saturated with perspiration" "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)" "the speaker's sodden collar" "soppy clothes" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Grabski sat in a sweat saturated undershirt , cursing the excessive heat which clamped an uneasy stillness before sundown . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
Synonyms Examples "a saturated solution" Used in print (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The precipitate was washed twice with an 80 % saturated solution of * * f , dissolved in a small quantity of 0.1 M neutral phosphate buffer , dialyzed against cold distilled_water till free from ammonium_ions , and lyophilized using liquid_nitrogen . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (chemistry) used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled
Examples "saturated fats" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
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