mosaic vs saturation

mosaic

noun
  • pixelization (method of censorship) 

  • A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture. 

  • Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves. 

  • A composite picture made from overlapping photographs. 

  • An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote. 

adj
  • Containing cells of varying genetic constitution. 

verb
  • To arrange in a mosaic. 

saturation

noun
  • The act of saturating or the process of being saturated 

  • 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 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 

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