ETYM Latin saturatio: cf. French saturation.
Occurs when the vapor is at the dew point or saturation temperature corresponding to its partial pressure. A gas in never saturated with a vapor. However, the space occupied jointly by the gas and vapor may be saturated.
1. The act of saturating something.
2. Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue; SYN. chroma, intensity, vividness.
3. (Chemistry) The state in which a substance contains no multiple bonds and thus is incapable of undergoing additional reactions.
4. (Electronics) A condition when an increase in base current will not produce an appreciable change in the collector-emitter voltage. + prikaži više

The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.
In chemistry, the state of a solution that has a higher concentration of solute than would normally be obtained in a saturated solution.
Many solutes have a higher solubility at high temperatures. If a hot saturated solution is cooled slowly, sometimes the excess solute does not come out of solution. This is an unstable situation and the introduction of a small solid particle will encourage the release of excess solute. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. surfet, Old Fren. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, from surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, French surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, Latin facere. Related to Sur-, and Fact.
The state of being more than full; SYN. excess, overabundance.
Excess; state of being full.