saturated

  1. Verb.  (past of, saturate) .
  2. Adjective.  (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  3. Adjective.  (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  4. Adjective.  (not comparable, chemistry) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  5. Adjective.  (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

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