Saturated

Verb

1. saturated

   (past of saturate)

Full definition of saturated

Adjective

1. (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
2. (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
3. (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
4. (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

Related terms

• saturate
• saturity
• unsaturated
• polyunsaturated