saturated meaning
EN- VerbSUF-ated
- simple past tense and past participle of saturate.
- simple past tense and past participle of saturate.
- AdjectiveCOMmore saturatedSUPmost saturated
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
- In science class the teacher prepared a supersaturated solution by cooling a saturated solution. He then added a small seed crystal and a large precipitate formed in just a second.
- The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of saturated in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary