Saturated means drenched and full. When you fish out a slice of bread that’s fallen into your water glass and find it’s disgustingly spongy and waterlogged, it’s saturated.
Saturated originally meant “satisfied," but by the 1700s it could mean “soaked thoroughly.” In the twentieth century it developed marketing connotations, as in a saturated market — one without room for competition. In chemistry, saturated refers to an organic compound, like a fatty acid, that contains the highest number of hydrogen atoms possible. When it comes to color, saturated means pure, or undiluted with white, grey, or black.
Primary Meanings of saturated
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
adj being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
adj used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled
used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
(of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond
(of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds
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