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'''Saturation''', '''saturated''', '''unsaturation''' or '''unsaturated''' may refer to:
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==Chemistry==
*[[Saturated and unsaturated compounds]], a classification of compounds related to their ability to resist addition reactions
**[[Degree of unsaturation]]
**[[Saturated fat]] or [[saturated fatty acid]]
**[[Unsaturated fat]] or [[unsaturated fatty acid]]
** Non-susceptibility of an organometallic compound to [[oxidative addition]]
* Saturation of protein [[binding sites]]
* [[Enzyme kinetics#General principles|Saturation of enzymes]] with a substrate
* Saturation of a solute in a solution, as related to the solute's maximum [[solubility]] at equilibrium
** [[Supersaturation]], where the concentration of a solute exceeds its maximum solubility at equilibrium
** [[Undersaturation]], where the concentration of a solute is less than its maximum solubility at equilibrium

==Biology==
* [[Oxygenation (medicine)|Oxygen saturation]], a clinical measure of the amount of oxygen in a patient's blood
* [[Saturation pollination]], a pollination technique
* [[Saturated mutagenesis]], a form of site-directed mutagenesis
* [[Saturation (genetic)]], the observed number of mutations relative to the maximum amount possible
* Ocean saturation, more than 2.3 billion years ago: see "[[Great Oxygenation Event]]"
* Environmental saturation, environmental resistance to population growth: see "[[Logistic function]]" and "[[Carrying capacity]]"

==Physics==
* [[Colorfulness#Saturation|Colorfulness § Saturation]], see also: "[[Saturation intent]]", a rendering intent in color management
* Thermodynamic state at lower temperature bound of [[superheated steam]]
* [[Saturation (magnetic)]], the state when a magnetic material is fully magnetized
* [[Saturated fluid]] or saturated vapor, contains as much thermal energy as it can without boiling or condensing
** [[Saturated steam]]
* [[Dew point]], which is a temperature that occurs when atmospheric [[relative humidity]] reaches 100% and the air is saturated with moisture
* [[Saturated absorption]], a set-up that enables the precise determination of the transition frequency of an atom between its ground state and an optically excited state

==Electronics==
* [[Saturation velocity]], the maximum velocity charge carrier in a semiconductor attains in the presence of very high electric fields
* Saturation, a region of operation of a {{slink|transistor|Transistor as a switch}}
* [[Saturation current]], limit of flowing current through a device

==Hydrology==
* [[Saturated zone]], below the groundwater table
* [[Unsaturated zone]], above the groundwater table
* [[Water content|Soil saturation]], water content in a soil

==Mathematics==
* [[Saturation (commutative algebra)]], the inverse image of the localization of an ideal or submodule
* [[Saturated model]], a concept in mathematical logic
* [[Saturation arithmetic]], in arithmetic, a version of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to fixed range
* [[Saturation (graph theory)]], a categorization of vertices in graph theory
* [[Saturated measure]], if every locally measurable set is also measurable
* Saturated [[multiplicatively closed set]]s, a concept in ring theory

==Music==
* "[[Saturation (song)]]", a 1997 single by Australian group [[The Superjesus]]
* [[Saturation (Urge Overkill album)|''Saturation'' (Urge Overkill album)]], 1993
* [[Saturation (Vas Deferens Organization album)|''Saturation'' (Vas Deferens Organization album)]], 1996
* [[Saturation (Brockhampton album)|''Saturation'' (Brockhampton album)]], 2017 (Also see ''[[Saturation II]]'' and ''[[Saturation III]]'')

==Other uses==
* [[Market saturation]], in economics
* [[Saturation diving]]

==See also==
* [[Saturate (disambiguation)]]
* [[Saturation point (disambiguation)]]
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