English-Portuguese translations for saturation

• saturação
  Com é óbvio chegámos lentamente a uma saturação. It is obvious that we have quietly reached saturation point.
  A indústria automóvel na Europa encontra-se confrontada com uma relativa saturação do mercado europeu. The car industry in Europe is faced with the relative saturation of the European market.
  Nestes últimos dias, foram aduzidos argumentos a favor e contra a adesão da Turquia até ao ponto de saturação. Arguments have been expressed for and against the accession of Turkey to saturation point over recent days.

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