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SATURATED [3 records]

Record 1 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

Said of the condition in which the interstices of a material are filled with a liquid, usually water.

OBS

sat: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Gisements pétrolifères
CONT

[...] le sol n'est «saturé» que lorsque l'eau occupe le volume entier des interstices.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

Saturation is by one authority defined as the percentage of hue in a color [by another as] the absence of white [thus] "A saturated color is zero percent white."

OBS

A new bond to a saturated molecule requires the cleavage of an existing bond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

le facteur de pureté colorimétrique (...) est égal à l'unité pour toute radiation monochromatique, la couleur correspondante étant dite "saturée"; il est nul pour la lumière blanche.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
OBS

(papier, etc.) EU 1402

Spanish

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