saturation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of totally saturating something with a substance
the impregnation of wood with preservative
Types & categories
- permeation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plastination part holonym
Related & opposite
- impregnate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
Types & categories
- filling hypernym
Related & opposite
- saturate derivation
Sense 3 noun
a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- saturation point hyponym
Sense 4 noun
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
Types & categories
- color property hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chromatic color substance holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impregnate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plastination |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | permeation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saturate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | filling |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | saturation point |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bright |
| 4 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | chromatic color |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | color property |