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sat·u·rat·ed  audio  (sch-rtd) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Unable to hold or contain more; full.
  2. Soaked with moisture; drenched.
  3. Chemistry
    1. Combined with or containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
    2. Of or relating to an organic compound, especially a fatty acid, containing the maximum number of hydrogen atoms and only single bonds between the carbon atoms.
  4. Geology Of or relating to minerals that can crystallize from magmas even in the presence of excess silica.



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