English-German translations for saturation

• Sättigung die
  Die Kommission hat damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Lösung des Problems der Sättigung des Luftraums geleistet. What has been produced by the Commission is a major contribution to dealing with the saturation of airspace.
  Diese Situation ist unhaltbar, weil wir uns im Straßenverkehr einem Punkt der Sättigung nähern, was eine ganz erhebliche Belastung für unsere Wirtschaft und Umwelt bedeutet. This situation is untenable, because we are reaching saturation point in road transport, which is imposing a very heavy burden on our economic and environmental systems.
• Saturation die

Definition of saturation

• The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
• The state of a saturated solution
• The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
• Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white
• The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
• The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit

Examples

• Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.

Related words

• desaturation
• supersaturation
• unsaturation
• saturation vapor pressure
• saturation point
• saturation bombing
• oxygen saturation
• diving saturation