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Definition
to completely wet
or:
to fill
or:
to fill
in various senses, including:
- chemistry: saturate a solution — to fill a solution with as much of something as it can hold
- business: saturate a market — to fill a market with a good
- advertising: saturation advertising — to advertise a great deal
- military: saturation bombing — to bomb an area extensively
- color theory: color saturation — color intensity
- biology: saturated fat — filled with hydrogen atoms (most people eat more than is healthy)
- physics: magnetic saturation — intensity of a magnetic charge
- His left arm, rudely bandaged in a shawl, hung heavy and useless at his side; the bandage was saturated with blood.Chapter 28 — Looks after Oliver, and Proceeds with His Adventures (40% in)
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