saturationsat‧u‧ra‧tion /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] 
The trial was given saturation coverage by the press. saturation advertising2saturation bombing a military attack in which a whole area is bombed3technical the degree to which something has been mixed into something else: Keep saturation below 80%.4when something is made completely wet
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Falling sales suggest that the VCR market may have reached saturation.
- Bush launched a saturation campaign to mobilise the state's religious vote.
WORD SETS
aerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The trial was given saturation coverage by the press.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The number of summer tourists in the area has reached saturation point.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1when an event or person is given so much attention by newspapers, television etc that everyone has heard about it: The trial was given saturation coverage by the press. (=a time when no more can be added to something)· Is the market for computer games reaching saturation point?
The number of summer tourists in the area has reached saturation point.· A reduction of biliary phospholipids by dietary legumes was associated with an increased cholesterol saturation of bile.· These findings suggest that factors, in addition to biliary cholesterol saturation, are responsible for the formation of cholesterol gall stones.· The cholesterol saturation index was calculated from the tables provided by Carey.· Our emphasis on biliary cholesterol saturation in the pathogenesis of recurrent stones, therefore, may have been incorrect.
· Giveaways and in-store advertising will guarantee saturation coverage for the movie across the States.
· As the winding current is increased, however, the flux density in the iron eventually reaches its saturation level.· All polyunsaturated oils have the same number of calories - 120 per tablespoon - but they vary in their saturation levels.
· Pulse oximetry was used to monitor oxygen saturation and heart rate.· Hence, there is increased oxygen delivered to tissues for a given hemoglobin oxygen saturation.· Another assessment was done after 5 min stable oxygen saturation.· During the procedure pulse rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were recorded every minute by the research nurse.· There was no significant correlation between the frequency of extrasystoles, either supraventricular or ventricular, and oxygen saturation values.· Among children who survived for at least five days arterial oxygen saturation on admission ranged from 41% to 98%.· The arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate of all patients were monitored by pulse oximetry before and during the procedure.· Supplemental oxygen increases oxygen saturation but does not reduce the incidence of clinically important cardiac arrhythmias.
· This is because joke after joke is tedious and people quickly reach saturation point.· Therefore, even with oxygen at saturation point, an excess of carbon dioxide may cause suffocation.· There seems to be no saturation point.· Air at saturation point is the key to the problem.· The extra rainfall pushes the Earth beyond saturation point, the water is expelled and an earthquake occurs along with the expulsion.· Audiences are expected to increase for several years and then level out, as the numbers of multiplexes reach saturation point.
VERB· This is because joke after joke is tedious and people quickly reach saturation point.· Only so much gas will dissolve before it reaches a natural saturation.· As the winding current is increased, however, the flux density in the iron eventually reaches its saturation level.· The current in the coil rises rapidly to a value limited by the series resistor when the core reaches saturation.· Audiences are expected to increase for several years and then level out, as the numbers of multiplexes reach saturation point.
The trial was given saturation coverage by the press. saturation advertising2saturation bombing a military attack in which a whole area is bombed3technical the degree to which something has been mixed into something else: Keep saturation below 80%.4when something is made completely wet