saturation

飽和、浸透

物にある物質を、いっぱいに満たしたり十分に染み込ませたりすること。

やさしい英語で： The process of filling or soaking something completely with a substance.

• Heavy rain caused soil saturation.
• Saturation with oil changed the fabric’s appearance.
• The test measured the speed of saturation.

使い方： saturation with something (Saturation with water made the wood heavier.)

類義語： soaking, impregnation

よく使う表現： complete saturation, soil saturation, saturation with water

彩度

色が薄かったり灰色がかっていたりせず、どれほど鮮やかに見えるか。

やさしい英語で： How strong and vivid a color looks, rather than pale or gray.

• Increase the saturation to brighten the colors.
• She reduced the photo’s saturation.
• This shade has high saturation.

類義語： color intensity

よく使う表現： color saturation, increase saturation, reduce saturation

飽和

量をさらに増やしても、それ以上効果が大きくならない状態。

やさしい英語で： A state where adding more of something produces no further increase in its effect.

• The metal has reached saturation.
• Beyond saturation, a stronger field has little effect.
• We measured the saturation point of the material.

よく使う表現： reach saturation, magnetic saturation, saturation point

飽和

液体が、ある物質をそれ以上溶かせなくなった状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of a liquid that cannot dissolve any more of a particular substance.

• The solution reached saturation.
• Extra sugar remained undissolved after saturation.
• Heating the water changed its saturation point.

よく使う表現： reach saturation, solution saturation, saturation point

飽和

炭素を含む物質で、原子同士が単結合だけでつながっている状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of a carbon-based substance whose atoms have only single bonds between them.

• This reaction increases the compound’s saturation.
• Complete saturation removes all double and triple bonds.
• The chemist measured the molecule’s degree of saturation.

よく使う表現： complete saturation, degree of saturation, molecular saturation

飽和

その温度で空気に含める水蒸気の量が、限界に達した状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of air holding all the water vapor it can hold at a given temperature.

• The air reached saturation overnight.
• Fog appeared as the temperature fell to the saturation point.
• At saturation, the relative humidity is one hundred percent.

よく使う表現： air saturation, reach saturation, saturation point