saturations

• chromas
• chromaticities
• contrasts
• values

• achromatisms

• noun
  1. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
  2. The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
  3. The state of a saturated solution.
  4. The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
  5. The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
  6. The intensity or vividness of a colour.
  7. (color) Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
  8. Intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
  9. The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
  10. An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
  11. The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
  12. The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.

• Different ink saturations affect the vibrancy of printed images.
• Scientists measured the oxygen saturations in the patients' blood.
• The artist experimented with various color saturations to create depth.
• High moisture saturations in the air can lead to heavy fog formation.
• The soil's water saturations varied across different parts of the field.

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