saturation

/S AE0 CH ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    The act of saturating or the process of being saturated

  2. 2

    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 further magnetized

  3. 3

    The state of a saturated solution

  4. 4

    The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds

  5. 5

    The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity

  6. 6

    The intensity or vividness of a colour.

  7. 7

    (color) Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.

  8. 8

    Intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it

  9. 9

    The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold

  10. 10

    An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music

  11. 11

    The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.

  12. 12

    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.

    โ€œModulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.โ€

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