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desaturation

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sat⋅u⋅ra⋅tion

  [sach-uh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of saturating.
2. the state of being saturated.
3. Meteorology. a condition in the atmosphere corresponding to 100 percent relative humidity.
4. the degree of chroma or purity of a color; the degree of freedom from admixture with white.
5. Magnetism. the state of maximum magnetization of a ferromagnetic material.
Origin:
1545–55; < LL saturātiōn- (s. of saturātiō) a filling, equiv. to saturāt(us) (see saturate ) + -iōn- -ion
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Main Entry: sat·u·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "sach-&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act of saturating : the stateof being saturated
2 : conversion of an unsaturated to a saturated chemical compound (as by hydrogenation)
3 : a state of maximum impregnation;especially : the presence in air of the most water possible under existent pressure and temperature
4 a : the one of the three psychological dimensions of colorperception that is related to the purity of the color and that decreases as the amount of white present in the stimulus increases saturation in a red hue is well understood ifwe remember pink is a fundamental red hue diluted or mixed with considerable white —Practical Color Television> called also intensity; —compare BRIGHTNESS, HUE b (1) : degree ofdifference from the gray having the same lightness —used of an object color (2) : degree of difference from the achromatic light-source color of the same brightness —used of alight-source color
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desaturation de·sat·u·ra·tion (dē-sāch'ə-rā'shən)
n.
Conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated compound by the removal of hydrogen.

saturation sat·u·ra·tion (sāch'ə-rā'shən)
n.
Abbr. sat.

  1. The act or process of saturating.

  2. The condition of being saturated.

  3. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction; satiety.

  4. Filling of all the available sites on an enzyme molecule by its substrate, or on a hemoglobin molecule by molecular oxygen or carbon monoxide.

  5. In optics, the degree which colors of the same wavelength are differentiated from one another on the basis of purity which correlates with the amount of white present, such as red from pink.

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Science Dictionary
saturation   (sāch'ə-rā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The state of a physical system, such as a solution, containing as much of another substance, such as a solute, as is possible at a given temperature or pressure.

  2. The vividness of a color's hue. Saturation measures the degree to which a color differs from a gray of the same darkness or lightness. Compare hue, value.

  3. The state of being a saturated organic compound. See more at saturated.


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