saturation

Noun
  1. The process of totally saturating something with a substance (synset 113517720)
    "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"
    is a type of: permeation, pervasion, suffusion - the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
    is a part of: plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
    same as: impregnation
  2. The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid (synset 100403479)
    is a type of: filling - the act of filling something
  3. A condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence (synset 113948221)
    is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
    subtypes: saturation point - (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor
  4. Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue (synset 104982607)
    is a type of: color property - an attribute of color
    substance meronym: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
    same as: chroma, intensity, vividness

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