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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sach-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsætʃ əˈreɪ ʃən

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Définition of saturation

Origin :
  • 1550s, formed in English from saturate, or else from Late Latin saturationem (nominative saturatio), noun of action from past participle stem of saturare. Saturation bombing is from 1942, first in reference to Allied air raid on Cologne, Germany.
  • noun fullness
  • noun satiation
Example sentences :
  • In fact, the saturation of the soil is more likely to be a benefit than otherwise.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • Only when it remains blue, has the point of saturation been reached.
  • Extract from : « The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines » by George Husmann
  • As the 23d of October had arrived we were glad to avoid daily saturation.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • The saturation often falls to 30 per cent., but with great variability.
  • Extract from : « Farm drainage » by Henry Flagg French
  • But he was the example of a spirit with which the whole age was filled to saturation.
  • Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
  • There is a saturation of the membrane with an excess of plasma.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • How in hell could ten percent more efficiency turn into saturation?
  • Extract from : « Confidence Game » by James McKimmey
  • Can you explain to me then, how ten percent more confidence in a man is saturation?
  • Extract from : « Confidence Game » by James McKimmey
  • Metallic alloys, like all other combinations, have a point of saturation.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Chemistry, » by Antoine Lavoisier
  • The saturation was evidently after death—the blood had clotted.
  • Extract from : « Gabriel Conroy » by Bert Harte

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