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SATURATION POINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("saturation point" is a kind of...):
saturation (a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saturation point"):
dew point (the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins)
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