Saturation - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Amplitude, Brewing, Chroma, Chromaticity, Color, Congestion, Dunking, Engorgement, Fill

The term saturation generally means thoroughly full, and can refer to the following:

In chemistry, see saturation (chemistry) for a number of meanings.
In color theory, saturation refers to the intensity of a specific hue. Saturation is also a coordinate in the HSV color space. In art or when working with colors, saturation is the amount of color a certain color has. For example, black and white have no saturation and bright red has 100% saturation.
An atmospheric humidity of 100% represents the saturation point, at which the air can hold no more moisture. see also Dew point
In economics, there is the concept of market saturation
Groundwater aquifers may be saturated or unsaturated
For magnetic materials, saturation is the state when the material cannot absorb a stronger magnetic field, such that an increase in magnetization does not produce significant change in magnetic flux density.
In telecommunications, see saturation (telecommunications) for a number of meanings.

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Example Usage of Saturation
	janinsanfran: What U.S. Muslims are up against after Fort Hood: In the Saturation coverage right after the events, the "exper.. http://bit.ly/OyZia
	llevo3: lol RT @pedya: @SoraZG Problem sa Hue & Saturation? ;)
	Pedya: @SoraZG Problem sa Hue & Saturation? ;)

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Saturation - Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Saturation