Saturated
['sætʃəreɪtɪd] or ['sætʃəretɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black .
(adj.) used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; 'saturated fats' .
(adj.) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; 'a saturated solution' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Saturate
(a.) Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
(a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
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Examples
- In spite of such support, and its strong appeal to national vanity, British imperialism never saturated the mass of the British peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The principle of the lamp is similar to that of the candle, except that the wick is saturated with kerosene or oil rather than with fat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Venn now bethought himself of his clothes, which were saturated with water to the weight of lead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In passing through materials saturated with water, the shield is assisted by using compressed air in the working chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His valet stood behind him with a smelling-bottle ready in one hand, and a white handkerchief, saturated with eau-de-Cologne, in the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Round the doorway the floor was merely sprinkled with rain, and not saturated, which told her that the door had not long been opened. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Another method, which is safe and cheap, consists in using a saturated solution of hyposulphite of soda to which a little bolted whiting has been added. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The strength of the solution was regulated by first obtaining a saturated solution of the nitrate of silver, and afterwards diluting it with six or eight times its volume of water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The grains are afterward saturated with saltpetre. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An earthenware jar, _a_, serves to hold the solution of copper, which should be maintained in a saturated state by the addition of crystals of the salt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Some clothes are got together for him to wear, his own being saturated with water, and his present dress being composed of blankets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He made a cylindrical mantle of thin fabric, and then soaked it in a solution of thorium and cerium until it became saturated with the chemical. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This apparatus is exterior to the building, and is said to afford a continuous blast of great regularity; the air, when it passes into the furnace, is, however, saturated with moisture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation begins is called the _dew point_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A bent glass tube was prepared containing at one end a quantity of chloride of silver, saturated with ammonia and hermetically sealed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The moral teaching of the Hebrews was saturated by such ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At No. 5 a piece of paper saturated with liquid air burns with great energy, and at No. 6 a piece of sponge or raw cotton similarly saturated explodes when ignited. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For comfort and health, the air should be about two thirds saturated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Instead of the solution of sal-ammoniac equal parts of water and hydrochloric acid saturated with zinc can be used just as well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The air soon becomes saturated with vapor and cannot take away the perspiration from our bodies, and our clothing becomes moist and our skin tender. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Wood is soaked in creosote oil until it becomes thoroughly saturated with the oily substance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A large, irregular copper electrode is placed in the bottom of a jar (Fig. 198), and completely covered with a saturated solution of copper sulphate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I was not merely over head and ears in love with her, but I was saturated through and through. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When well saturated roll up tight in a clean cloth. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I therefore directed my attention at once to the garden path, which was saturated with recent rain, and would certainly show any footmarks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His left arm, rudely bandaged in a shawl, hung heavy and useless at his side; the bandage was saturated with blood. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A sheet of white paper was saturated with a solution of nitrate of silver, and the shadow of the figure intended to be copied was projected upon it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In China the Mongols were already saturated with Chinese civilization by the time of Kublai. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If, however, the air is not saturated, a fall in temperature may occur without producing precipitation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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