All 4 Uses of "saturate" in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

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All 4 Uses

saturate
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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He was working with an extremely supersaturated solution when something similar had happened.†
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supersaturated = to be completely wet or filled
A supersaturated solution is one in which the saturation point, at which no more material will dissolve, has been exceeded.†
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A supersaturated solution is one in which the saturation point, at which no more material will dissolve, has been exceeded.†
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This can occur because the saturation point becomes higher as the temperature of the solution is increased.†
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(1) (saturate)
to completely wet

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
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)