A disorder in which there is an abnormally high number of red blood cells in the bloodstream as a result of their having been prematurely released from the bone marrow during blood formation.
An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized
The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
The intensity or vividness of a colour.
intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
The state of a saturated solution