saturated color

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saturated color - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saturated \Sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
     1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in
        solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a
        saturated solution of salt.
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     2. (Chem.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all
        it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or
        compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound.
        Contrasted with unsaturated.
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     Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients
           for others, but can not take on more without such
           exchange.
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     Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a
        pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
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