saturation vs steeping

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 

steeping

noun
  • An instance of something being steeped; a wetting. 

  • A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I. 

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