To treat or charge something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained In meteorology, it is used when discussing the amount of water vapor in a volume of air
If someone or something is saturated, they become extremely wet. If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, it should be discarded and replaced. a type of fat from meat or milk products that is thought to be less healthy than other kinds of fat from vegetables or fish = saturated fat
(i) To fill all the voids between soil particles with a liquid (ii) To form the most concentrated solution possible under a given set of physical conditions in the presence of an excess of the solute (iii) To fill to capacity, as the adsorption complex with a cation species; e g , H+-saturated, etc
If people or things saturate a place or object, they fill it completely so that no more can be added. In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down
{f} soak or fill completely; impregnate with as much material as possible; cause a substance to absorb as much of another substance as possible (Chemistry)