English-Italian translations for saturation

• saturazione
  È evidente che, un pò alla volta, siamo giunti alla saturazione. It is obvious that we have quietly reached saturation point.
  L'industria automobilistica in Europa deve confrontarsi con una relativa saturazione del mercato europeo. The car industry in Europe is faced with the relative saturation of the European market.
  La Commissione ha quindi contribuito in maniera sostanziale ad affrontare il problema della saturazione dello spazio aereo. What has been produced by the Commission is a major contribution to dealing with the saturation of airspace.

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