saturated

  • 101saturated solution — fluid which has reached its maximum capacity for dissolving materials …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 102saturated steam — steam at boiling point temperature that matches its pressure …

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  • 103saturated beacon — A ground responder beacon interrogated simultaneously by more aircraft than its capacity. By decreasing its receiver sensitivity, a beacon such as DME (distance measuring equipment) will respond only to the strongest 100 signals and not the… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 104saturated fat — noun (C, U) a kind of fat from meat and milk products that is thought to be less healthy than other kinds of fat from vegetables or fish …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 105ˌsaturated ˈfat — noun [C/U] fat from food such as meat or milk products that is difficult for the body to process, and is thought to be bad for your health …

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  • 106saturated fat — sat′urated fat′ n. nut any animal or vegetable fat, abundant in fatty meats, dairy products, coconut oil, and palm oil, tending to raise cholesterol levels in the blood • Etymology: 1970–75 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107saturated air — /sætʃəreɪtəd ˈɛə/ (say sachuhraytuhd air) noun air containing the maximum amount of water vapour for the prevailing temperature and pressure …

  • 108saturated compound — /sætʃəreɪtəd ˈkɒmpaʊnd/ (say sachuhraytuhd kompownd) noun 1. a compound which does not form addition compounds, the molecules of which contain no double or triple bonds. 2. a compound which has no free valency electrons …

  • 109saturated solution — /sætʃəreɪtəd səˈluʃən/ (say sachuhraytuhd suh loohshuhn) noun a solution which contains as much solute as can be dissolved under any particular set of conditions …

  • 110saturated recording —    An optical recording device which causes the medium to stop absorbing light when the mark is fully formed …

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