The richness of hue. Indicates how much color has been diluted by grayness.

Colour intensity of an image or hue.

One of the three attributes of color, the other two being hue and brightness. Saturation is the intensity of a hue at a given lightness. The closer a color is to neutral gray or white, the less saturated the color. The farther away it is, the more saturated it is.

Saturation describes how "deep" a color is on a range between gray and the color of interest. A high saturation corresponds to a strong or deep color. Saturation is one part of the HLS color model system.

In color, a vividness, or intensity. Some films have more inherent color saturation than others. Saturation can be slightly increased by moderate film pushes, or by slight underexposure of certain slide films. Saturation can be increased in color negative film by moderate overexposure.

The variable property of color that is determined by its purity, or its lack of dilution by white light. Highly saturated colors are vivid, while less saturated colors appear pastel.

The intensity or vividness of color eminating from an image. A saturated image has very rich and vivid colors. Desaturated images contain colors of the gray scale.

A measurement of chrominance. Saturation is the intensity of color in the video signal.

The amount of gray in a color. More gray in a color means lower saturation; less gray in a color means higher saturation.

The vividness and brilliance of a color.

The property of a color that makes it appear strongly colored. Black, white, and gray have no saturation. A red tomato has high saturation. Pastel colors have low saturation. Also known as Chroma. (This attribute of color is used in the HLS (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) and HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) color models.

in film and video terminology, the purity of color. High saturation indicates a high percentage of color.

The pureness of a color. Adding white or black to a color lowers its saturation.

An appreciation of the relationship to the purity and intensity of light; defined in terms of dark, light, deep, pale.

a measure of the brightness of a color; see color units.

Reaching or exceeding the full-well capacity of a pixel. Also, in color theory, the degree of purity of a hue in terms of mixture with white light.

The intensity of a colour. The less intense the colour, the closer it is to gray. See also GRAYSCALE.

Saturation is the vividness of a hue (color) as it appears in normal light. An option from the Colors menu (sub) Adjust.

The purity of a colours hue, moving from gray to the pure colour. A very dark blue may have mostly black with only a small amount of blue, and thus would have a very low saturation. See Hue.

In color, the purity of that color. High saturation indicates a high percentage of a color.

The attribute of color perception that expresses the amount of departure from the neutral gray of the same lightness. Also referred to as chroma.

The degree of intensity of a color (i.e., vivid or dull). Script Liner A liner brush with longer bristles than a regular liner.

Adjustment to the extreme value of a range when the actual value approaches the extreme. If the maximum value in a range is 1,000 and the maximum saturation point is set to 900, any value greater than 899 is adjusted to 1,000.

The various levels of color intensity in an image. A highly saturated image appears vivid. A low saturated image appears dull or pastel.

The purity of a diamond's color, generally indicating an absence of brown or green hues in the stone.

An attribute of a color that describes the degree to which a pure color is diluted with white or gray.  A color with low color saturation appears washed out.  A highly saturated color is pure and vivid.

The intensity or brightness of color in an image.

chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue

is the term used to describe the strength of a hue, or the purity of a colour. Colours with the same saturation are found along a straight line throught the black point (S) on the NCS Colour Triangle.

How rich (bright/colorful/density of color) in a photo.

The extent to which one or two of the three RGB primaries predominate in a color. As quantities of RGB equalize, color becomes desaturated towards grey or white.

The hue's purity

Related to chroma, you can think of saturation as how a colour looks under certain lighting conditions. For instance, a room painted a solid colour will appear different at night than in daylight. Over the course of the day, although the colour is the same, the saturation changes. A sort of colourfulness, I guess.

The richness of the colours in a photograph.

Color characteristics measuring purity of a color. Amount of hue which a color has.

Amount of color in the television picture.

The attribute of colour perception that expresses the degree of departure from a grey of the same lightness. Also referred to as intensity. Same as Chroma.

The amount of color information recorded to tape. The more color information available/recorded, the more saturated the image will appear. Saturation can be boosted electronically in postproduction, and prosumer camcorders offer menu options for manipulating saturation.

A color's purity of hue, or intensity.

the attribute of a color that describes its degree of strength and its departure from a gray with the same lightness.

The amount of color in the video signal

this term refers to the color purity, or the degree to which the gem color is free from brown or gray hues. The most desirable gemstones, which show little gray or brown, are often described as having vivid or strong color saturation.

The vividness or purity of a color; the less gray a color contains, the more saturated it is.

The extent to which a pure color has been diluted with white. Highly saturated colors have little white in them. Lower levels of saturation look washed out with the white content.

How rich the colours are in a photo.

The amplitude of the chrominance signal effecting the vividness of a color.

The amount of colour in the video signal.

A subjective term which usually refers to the differences of a hue from a grey of the same value; also called chroma.

Purity or intensity of color. Degree of freedom from grayness.

A color's position on a neutral to vivid scale.

Saturation is one attribute of color in the color space called HSB. (Hue Saturation, Brightness) Saturation is a characteristic indicating the vibrancy or intensity of a hue. A color with high saturation will appear more intense than the same color with less.

The vividness of a color, which is directly related to the amplitude of the chrominance signal. A saturation of 100% produces the fully vivid color, where a saturation of 0% produces a flat gray.

Saturation is a measure of the intensity of color. The more color saturated a stone is, the more valuable it becomes.

the intensity or vividness of a color.

The color intensity of an image. An image high in saturation will appear to be very bright. An image low in saturation will appear to be duller and more neutral. An image without any saturation is also referred to as a grayscale image.

(in color). The intensity of the colors in the active picture. The degree by which the eye perceives a color as departing from a gray or white scale of the same brightness. A 100% saturated color does not contain any white; adding white reduces saturation. In NTSC and PAL video signals, the color saturation at any particular instant in the picture is conveyed by the corresponding instantaneous amplitude of the active video sub-carrier.

the depth or intensity of a colour. Increasing colour saturation makes the colours appear richer, decreasing saturation makes them paler.

Attribute of a visual sensation which permits a judgment to be made of the proportion of pure chromatic color in the total sensation. (CIE 45-25-225.) Pink and red differ in saturation with the red being the more saturated. The spectral colors are all maximally saturated examples of their hues and differ in this respect from pastels which are desaturated. One of the three standard elements of color appearance (the other two are hue and brightness). Its colorimetric equivalent is purity.

An attribute of a colour that describes the degree to which a pure colour is diluted with white or grey. A colour with low colour saturation appears washed out. A highly saturated colour is pure and vivid.

The intensity of a color or the amount of color in a specific hue. For instance, the image of a bright red apple will appear to be more red if the colors are saturated.

the degree of intensity of a color. Deep vivid color is said to be saturated, while decreasing saturation causes the color to fade.

A setting that modifies the vividness of color. The lower the saturation, the duller the colors. The higher the saturation, the more vivid the colors.

refers to the intensity of a specific hue.

the percentage of pure color content (Thorell & Smith, 1990); for example, dark blue is highly saturated, but light blue is low in saturation (i.e., a little blue is mixed with white).

Term referring to the intensity or depth (lightness/darkness) of a color.

is the overall intensity of color in a luminance-based representation of a color image. On a television, the saturation control is often called "color."

Purity of colour throughout a gemstone. A "strongly saturated" gem free of gray or brown hue has a higher value than a stone with lower saturation.

The intensity of the color, or the extent to which a given color in any image is free from white. The less white in a color, the truer the color, or the greater its saturation. On a display device, it can be adjusted with the color control. Not to be confused with the brightness, saturation is the amount of pigment in a color, and not the intensity. Low saturation is like adding white to the color. For example, a low-saturated red looks pink.

A measure of the purity of a chromatic color. A pure chromatic color without white, black, or gray in it is said to be highly saturated. A chromatic color that has been diluted with white, black or gray is less saturated. A color with little chromatic color and a large amount of white, black or gray is said to be desaturated. See also HSB.

The intensity of a color with respect to its brightness or value. Given a level of brightness, saturation measures the amount of gray in a color. A color that lacks gray impurities will seem more intense and vivid. Saturation is closely related to chroma.

A similar term to chroma but not exactly synonymous. More correctly it means the amount of colour in relation to its brightness.

One of the three dimensions of color (HSB). Saturation is the measure of the purity of a color or colors from 0% black to 100% for a fully saturated color.

A word used to describe the purity of color in gemstones.

Saturation tells us the purity of the given color. The spectral width of an LED is several tens of nanometers which mean that an LED only contains wavelengths that are at the very most several tens of nanometers apart. Most everyday objects reflect light that spread over a wide range wavelength, much more than an LED. Generally, the tighter the range of wavelengths, the more saturated it is. LEDs are very saturated (95% for most die types) but not as saturated as lasers which have spectral widths of an order of magnitude narrower.

Term used to describe color brilliance or purity. When color film images are projected at the proper brightness and without interference from stray light, colors that appear bright, deep, rich, and undiluted are said to be "saturated."

How rich the colors are in a photo.

Measure of the strength of a colour.

The amount of gray (as opposed to hue) in a color, or the intensity of the hue.

The ratio of pure color to washed out white in the display of a color. 100% saturation is pure color. 0% saturation is pure white, at whatever intensity is encoded in the color.

The intensity of a color--how much of a particular hue is in the color. See also hue.

The maximum intensity of a tone or colour.

1. Saturation is how pure hue is. The saturation 'range' goes from vivid to dull to monochrome (the absence of hue). A hue that is 100% saturated would be vivid. As hue is desaturated, it will become duller and if further desaturated, it will eventually become monochrome. In tristimulus color models, a color is desaturated by adding its opposite color. For example, to desaturate red, one would add cyan. 2. A rendering intent used to convert out of gamut colors. Converts the image's colors to highly saturated in gamut colors in the destination color space. This rendering intent is more appropriate in graphics where color accuracy is not important. It should not be used for critical photography. To learn more about the Saturation rendering intent, click here.

The purity or intensity of a hue or color on a scale from bright (full saturation) to dull (low saturation) chromatic purity. The degree of difference from the achromatic light-source color of the same brightness.

The purity of colour, the degree to which light is pastel versus spectral.

The saturation (or intensity, also called chroma) refers to how much of the same hue is present. For example, the reddest red possible is a color that is 100% saturated with red hue. "Lighter" shades of red are less saturated with the hue red. For a more detailed explanation, see chroma.

The strength or intensity of colour of an image or shade.

The colourfulness of an area judged in proportion to its brightness. For example, a fully saturated red would be a pure red. The less saturated, the more pastel the appearance. See also Chroma.

The amount of hue in a color sample compared to the amount of achromatic light it reflects or transmits.

Saturation can also be called a color's intensity. It is a measurement of how different from pure gray the color is. Saturation is not really a matter of light and dark, but rather how pale or strong the color is. The saturation of a color is not constant, but it varies depending on the surroundings and what light the color is seen in.

The degree of purity of a color, as measured by its freedom of mixture with white; intensity of hue.

The amount of color or how much "pigment" is present.

The amount of color present. A lightly saturated red looks pink. While a highly saturdated red looks like a red crayon. Less saturated is effectively adding white to the pure color.

The degree to which a color is undiluted by white light. If a color is 100 percent saturated, it contains no white light. If a color has no saturation, it is a shade of gray.

Saturation, also called chroma, is the amount of colour in the colour. It represents the amount of grey in proportion to the hue. When mixing paints, the saturation will always decrease, becoming greyer or browner as more colours are added. Putting white or black with a colour will obviously make it more grey and therefore less saturated.In this example a highly saturated blue on the left becomes less saturated on the right.

A measure of the amount of gray in a color. The higher the gray content, the lower the saturation. to top

Color intensity; zero saturation is white (no color) and maximum saturation is the deepest or most intense color possible for that hue. Different saturation values are varying peak-to-peak amplitudes in the 3.58MHz modulated C signal. In signal terms, saturation is determined by the ratio between luminance level and chrominance amplitude. See also hue.

The color red is fully saturated. While the color pink is not.

Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. Color that is free from mixture or dilution with white; its relative purity.

The degree of hue in color as perceived subjectively. Saturated color can be termed strong, vivid, intense or deep. Desaturated color can be termed weak, pale, washed out or dull. SCALE is often revealed only when an object of known size is introduced in a photograph.

Level of color intensity. It measures the amount of grey in a color given a level of brightness.

The purity of a color, or with spectral colors, how much of a color is near the dominant wavelength. Primary colors are very saturate, while pale tones are said to be desaturated.

The amount of gray in a color. More gray means lower saturation; less gray means higher saturation. If a color has no saturation, it is a shade of gray. It's also the degree to which a color is undiluted by white light.

A perceived dimension of visual stimuli that describes the "strength" of a color — the extent to which it appears rich or pale (e.g., light pink vs. hot pink).

Expression of the purity of a color compared to a of the same gray luminosity. For example a sharp red is a saturated color, a pink is in fact a désaturé red, and a white has a saturation null drum Scanner With this type of scanner, the documents are placed on a cylinder and are analyzed by sampling point by point.

The intensity of a color. The degree that a color departs from white and approaches the pure color of the spectral line. Pale colors have low saturation; vivid colors high saturation.

Also known as color purity or the amount of color density, the degree to which a color is diluted by luminance, or white light.

The purity of a colour, independent of its hue and brightness. The more gray a colour contains, the lower its saturation is.

The amount of hue in proportion to the neutral gray of the same lightness, that is the intensity of color. In this example, the leftmost swatch has the saturation of 1 (maximum value) and the rightmost swatch has the saturation of 0 (minimum value).

The purity or vividness of a color, expressed as the absence of white. A color that has 100% saturation contains no white. A color with 0% saturation is a shade of gray.

Saturation is the degree by which a color is pure and undiluted by white light. High saturation produces bright vibrant colors moving through pastels as saturation decreases to black or shades of gray. The extremes are 100% saturation, which contains no white and 0% saturation which contains no color.

A single colored stone free from any mixture of colors.

The degree to which a color is diluted with white light or is pure. The vividness of a color, described by such terms as bright, deep, pastel, pale, etc. Saturation is directly related to the amplitude of the chrominance signal.

Saturation is the subjective appreciation of purity, a relation of the intensity of the dominant wavelength to all other wavelengths (defined by terms such as deep, pale, light, dark).

The quantity of color in a gem which translates into the color's vividness or dullness.

Relative richness of colors in a color image.

Refers to the intensity or voltage of colors in a picture (also see chroma, hue,and contrast).

Color attribute that expresses the degree of departure from the neutral gray of the same lightness. Also known as chroma.

A measure of the level of color intensity. Highly saturated colors may cause images to appear unrealistic.

A colour's purity or intensity of hue. A pure hue has the highest saturation.

The point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved or retained, such as fabric that has been infused thoroughly with water or dye. Also indicates the purity of a hue. The higher the saturation, the purer the hue (not including any additional colors.)

The amount of grey in a colour. Less grey in an image, colours are richer in hue [deeper]. More grey, colours are weak [lighter].

Saturation refers to the subjective quantity of a specific hue in a color. Colors with a low saturation appear more white. Colors with high saturation appear more richly colored. This is a set of four red dots which increase in saturation from left to right.

Perceived color, or the percentage of hue in a color. Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out.

the intensity of colours. Weak or washed out colours are said to be under saturated.

A measure of purity of color. Saturated colors contain pure color only, colors desaturate to gray. Saturation is a measure of the degree of pureness or movement away from gray.

The colour intensity of an image expressed as a degree to which it differs from white. A high-saturated image will appear very bright and a low saturated image will appear to be duller and more neutral.

The amount of gray in a color; effectively, the intensity of a hue.

In color management, the purity of a color's hue, moving from gray to the pure color. See also: hue

the intensity or vividness of a colour.

A measure of the purity of a color, determined by the amount of gray it contains. The higher the gray level, the lower the saturation.

A measure of the intensity of color inherent in a gemstone. Stones that are well saturated with color are more valuable.

In color, the nature of colors in terms of density. A color with heavy saturation will have a higher densitometric values when compared to a color having less saturation and lower densitometric values. In photography, a saturated color original would show colors at their maximum reproduction density without reproduction as a shadow. Color will tend to appear pure in nature when heavy with nature.

The amount of a specific color hue with which each pixel is imbued. At the highest saturation rate, colors are dense and vibrant. At the lowest rate, there is an absence of color (i.e., black and white).

The intensity of a color, or the degree of color in a particular hue. For example, the green leaves in a tree will appear "more green" if the color is saturated.

The purity of a color. The more a color is saturated, the more gray it contains.

The dimension of color that describes its purity; if highly saturated, it appears to be pure hue and free of gray, but if of low saturation, it appears to have a great deal of gray mixed with it. See also hue.

A characteristic of the observation of color. Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out.

The strength or amount of a certain color present in a television picture; saturation is expressed as the purity of the color.

(n) A perceptual color quality indicating the ratio of the primary spectral wavelength (the hue) to all the wavelengths in the color. A high saturation color has a vivid hue, whereas a low saturation color approaches gray in appearance.

1) In a communications system, the condition in which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic handling capacity. 2) 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. 3) The degree of the chroma or purity of a color.

The distortion caused by magnetic recording media being unable to store as much high frequency information as low frequency information.

Magnetic saturation exists when an increase of magnetization applied to a reed contact does not increase the magnetic flux through.

Condition in which a further increase in an independent parameter produces no increase in the dependent parameter.

a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

It is a condition in a magnetic core when it can no longer sustain a magnetic flux density. It runs out of room. The result is the effective permeability of the core can quickly change from very high to near that of air as the flux density increases. Different materials and shapes can make the transition softer but it happens to all core materials. Similar to a sponge's ability to absorb water, once it has absorbed all it can any more water will simply roll off.

The state where an increase in magnetizing force produces no further increase in magnetic induction in a magnetic material.

The degree of magnetization where a further increase in magnetic field strength produces a decrease in permeability of a material.

A condition under which induction of a ferromagnetic material has reach its maximum value with the increase of applied magnetizing force. All elementary magnetic moments have become oriented in one direction at the saturation status.

The point at which the tape is fully magnetized and will accept no more magnetization.

A condition where the increase in applied external field yields no increase in induction. When this condition is met, all of the elementary magnetic moments have the same alignment. This condition is important in permanent magnet alloys and in Ferromagnetic alloys. Magnet alloys must always be magnetized to saturation. The magnet may not be used at this level, but before conditioning and stabilization the magnet must always first be magnetized to saturation. Usually saturation should not be exceeded in Ferromagnetic alloys which comprise the yoke or return path elements of a magnetic circuit. If ferromagnetic elements are saturat ed there will be flux leakage in the system and a redesign should be considered. search coil is a coiled conductor, usually of known area and number of turns, that is used with a flux meter to measure the change of flux linkage with the coil.

A magnetic-recording term used to describe a condition whereby recording tape or tape heads are carrying all the signals that they can handle. Any additional input results in no additional storage or recording output levels.

The condition under which all elementary magnetic moments have become oriented in one direction. A ferromagnetic material is saturated when an increase in the applied magnetizing force produces no increase in induction. Saturation flux densities for steels are in the range of 16,000 to 20,000 Gauss.

A picture's saturation, or density, refers to how much light is present.

A condition in a magnetic material in which an increase in (b ) will no longer produce an appreciable increase in (H ).

The condition of a tape coating or head that has accepted its maximum degree of magnetisation, or of an amplifier that is at the point of clipping. Distortion increases sharply as signal level approaches the point of saturation.

Condition in which a surface becomes completely covered with craters, such that the addition of new craters does not increase the overall crater density.

This is a condition where all magnetic moments have become oriented in one direction.

Condition in which a further increase in one variable produces no further increase in the resultant effect. In a bipolar junction transistor, the condition when the emitter to collector voltage is less than the emitter to base voltage. This condition puts forward bias on the base to collector junction.

For magnetic materials, saturation is the state when the material cannot absorb a stronger magnetic field, such that an increase of magnetization force produces no significant change in magnetic flux density. The relation between the magnetic field H and the magnetic flux density B is expressed in terms of the magnetic permeability μ : B=\mu H. The permeability of many materials is not constant, but depends on H.

The condition when the atmosphere is holding the maximum amount of water vapor that it can for a given temperature. When the air is saturated, the temperature will equal the dew point temperature.

The condition of the atmosphere when the amount of water vapor present is the maximum possible at the existing temperature.

A condition in which the voids in a soil mass are filled with water.

Condition existing when substance contains all of another substance it can hold for that temperature and pressure.

Subject: The Earth An atmospheric condition whereby the water vapor is the maximum possible at the existing temperature and pressure.[ Pics List

the degree to which a geologic formation is filled with water

The fraction of the total available pore space that is filled with water. When the saturation equals unity (Sw = 1), the ground-water flow is said to be saturated.

The point at which one substance absorbs or holds the greatest possible amount of another substance (for example: the point at which a sponge has absorbed all the water it can hold). The region below the ground's surface in which all pore spaces are filled with water. The upper surface of this zone is known as the water table.

Point at which the amount of water vapor in the air is at a maximum for a given pressure and temperature.

A parcel of air at a given temperature is said to be saturated with water vapor at that temperature when the addition of any more water(or a decrease in the temperature) will lead to condensation.

The point at which a solution is holding as many dissolved solutes as possible for its temperature and pressure

The condition of air when it contains all the water it can hold at a certain temperature. When air is saturated, the relative humidity is 100 percent.

The extreme degree of concentration beyond which a solute can no longer be dissolved into a solvent or, similarly, in which a substance can no longer be absorbed into another medium.

penetration of all the pores and fissures in soil by water, so that air is excluded.

The soil in which all pore spaces are filled with groundwater .

the point at which a solute can not be further dissolved in a solution

when air holds as much water vapor as it can, occurs when rate of evaporation equals rate of condensation

when the soil holds as much water as it can

the fraction of the effective porosity of the formation that contains a particular phase; more specifically, oil saturation, water saturation, or gas saturation.

The point where no more of a substance can be absorbed, adsorbed, dissolved or retained. When referred to desiccant, saturation occurs when the desiccant material will no longer take on moisture for the condition it is exposed to. For water vapor in air, when saturation occurs, liquid water precipitates (or rains) out of the air-water vapor mixture.

the condition in which soil has as much water in it as it can hold.

the condition of a liquid when it has taken into solution the maximum possible quantity of a given substance at a given temperature and pressure.

(SAT): The saturation moisture content of the soil matrix such that the entire soil porosity is water filled, (%v), and dependant only on the soil texture and unaffected by salinity or gravel.

A solution is saturated when it has dissolved all of the material being dissolved that it is capable of accepting at the temperature existing.

Equilibrium, 100% relative humidity, when an object or the air cannot retain any more water (moisture).

The point at which a solution contains enough of a dissolved solid, liquid, or gas so that no more will dissolve into the solution at a given temperature and pressure.

A condition in soil in which all space between soil particles is filled with water. Such conditions occur after prolonged periods of rainfall or snowmelt, and force any additional rainfall to runoff into streams. Saturation also occurs in earthen levees during floods, a condition that can cause the levees to weaken.

the presence in air of the most water possible under existent pressure and temperature

the degree to which a gas is dissolved in the blood or tissues, full saturation occurs when the pressure of gas dissolved in the blood or tissues is the same as the surrounding pressure of that gas.

A condition of the atmosphere in which a certain volume of air holds the maximum water vapor it can hold at a specific temperature.

In soils, the point at which a soil or aquifer will no longer absorb any amount of water without losing an equal amount.

also called the saturation point – The condition of the water when it has taken into solution the maximum possible quantity of a given substance at a given temperature, alkalinity and pH. Water hardness is calcium and magnesium dissolved in the water. When the water can hold no more of these elements, they deposit or precipitate out of the water causing scale. Other elements that can be saturated in pool and spa water are copper and iron. Usually, as the pH and alkalinity rise, the elements become less soluble causing them to come out of solution.

The condition in the atmosphere where actual water vapour present is the maximum possible at the existing temperature.

The point at which the air can hold no more water vapor given a current set of atmospheric conditions. Saturated air has a relative humidity of 100%.

The percentage of the pore space occupied by a fluid, usually water in hydrologic applications.

The point at which the air cannot hold any more water vapor; the point at which condensation occurs. RH=100%. Saturation is where the amount of water condensing is equal to the amount of water evaporating.

The relative amount of water, oil and gas in the pores of a rock, usually as a percentage of volume.

When a tissue has absorbed all of a given gas at a given depth that it can, it is considered saturated. The amount of dissolved gas a tissue can hold is dependent on the depth at which it is ongassing. The deeper the depth, the greater the amount of ongassing that can occur. As a rule it takes 6 halftimes for a tissue to become 99% saturated.

In water chemistry, means the state of a solution (water) when it holds the maximum equilibrium quantity of dissolved matter at a given temperature and pressure. The limit when no more of a given substance will dissolve.

The condition in which vapor pressure is equal to the equilibrium vapor pressure over a plane surface of pure liquid water, or sometimes ice.

the condition in which the partial pressure of any fluid constituent (water in the atmospheric air) is equal to its maximum possible partial pressure under the existing environmental conditions, such that any increase in the amount of that constituent will initiate within it a change to a more condensed state; evaporation ceases under such conditions.

Also referred to as impregnation. Adding materials to the backing material to improve physical properties and resistance to various environmental conditions (such as moisture, solvents, or chemicals). Most commonly used to improve the properties of paper tapes.

Let G(V,E) be a graph and M a matching in G. A vertex v\in V(G) is said to be saturated by M if there is an edge in M incident to v. A vertex v\in V(G) with no such edge is said to be unsaturated by M.

The point at which an amplifier cannot deliver more power despite a further increase in input level.

In amplification, a term which describes the point at which the amplifier is producing the most output power it is capable of, basically in an over-driven situation. Typically a device driven to saturation is no longer performing in a linear fashion or distortion-free manner. (See also compression)

The behavior of all amplifiers when the input power exceeds a certain point: the amplifier no longer amplifies and the output is more or less constant. When an amplifier is in the saturated region, it said to be nonlinear and causes distortion to the RF signal.

The operation of a power amplifier, most often a satellite TWTA, at its maximum output power level ("saturated" power level).

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In input and force feedback, adjustment to an axis range so that minimum or maximum values are retrieved or set before the physical extremities are reached. If the maximum value in a range is 1,000 and the maximum saturation point is set to 900, the maximum value is reached after 90 percent of the travel in that direction.

A media pattern of wide coverage and high frequency during a short period of time, designed to achieve maximum impact, coverage or both.

The state of BJT in which the collector current has reached a maximum and is independent of the base current A BJT operating region where I reaches the maximum value that the circuit will allow.