saturation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the process of totally saturating something with a substance
noun the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
noun a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.

The same thing might be said of degrees of saturation. — Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness, Henri Bergson
On account of the saturation of the atmosphere the Indians mostly have skins of a good texture. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
The mind seems soon to reach the saturation point where it is unable to take in any more. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry

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