saturated

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of saturate

comparative more saturated · superlative most saturated

1. not comparableFull; unable to hold or contain any more.

   Synonyms: impregnate

2. comparableSoaked or drenched with moisture.

   Synonyms: drenched, sodden, bewatered, damp, drenched, dripping, drunk, humid

3. not comparablechemistryContaining all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
4. chemistryHaving all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
5. mathematicsEqual to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
   1. especiallymathematicsSaturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).
6. computingConforming to saturation arithmetic.

   a saturated value

7. Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).

   a saturated image

plural saturateds

1. A saturated hydrocarbon.

   Thus, in Fig. 12, if it is assumed that the illuminants are chiefly ethylene and the saturateds largely methane it can be seen that the normal formation of ethylene is […]

   1916, Eugene Hendricks Leslie, The Decomposition of Hydrocarbons and the Influence of Hydrogen in Carbureted Water Gas Manufacture, page 73