SATURATION

noun Date: circa 1554 1. the act of saturating ; the state of being saturated, satiety , surfeit , conversion of an unsaturated to a saturated chemical compound (as by hydrogenation), a state of maximum impregnation: as, complete infiltration ; permeation , the presence in air of the most water possible under existent pressure and temperature, magnetization to the point beyond which a further increase in the intensity of the magnetizing force will produce no further magnetization, 4. chromatic purity ; freedom from dilution with white, b. degree of difference from the gray having the same lightness, degree of difference from the achromatic light-source color of the same brightness, the supplying of a market with as much of a product as it will absorb, an overwhelming concentration of military forces or firepower