saturation point

American  

noun

1. the point at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution, chemical combination, etc.

2. a point at which some capacity is at its fullest; limit.

   After a while she reached the saturation point and could absorb nothing more from the lectures.

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saturation point British  

noun

1. the point at which no more (people, things, ideas, etc) can be absorbed, accommodated, used, etc

2. chem the point at which no more solute can be dissolved in a solution or gaseous material absorbed in a vapour

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saturation point Scientific  

1. The point at which a substance, under given conditions, can receive no more of another substance in solution.

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Etymology

Origin of saturation point

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Another of the hacked Sony documents leaked was the detailed $44 million production budget for "The Interview," not counting its saturation-point advertising campaign.

From Chicago Tribune

Smith was a saturation-point politician who ran for office 48 times in his life without a single defeat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The saturation-point of individual minds with reference to evidence, and especially medical evidence, differs, and must always continue to differ, very widely.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

So persistently did Mr. Opp refer to the mysterious work that was engrossing him that he reduced Mr. Gallop’s curiosity to the saturation-point.

From Mr. Opp by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

She would keep the lump in the coffee to saturation-point between her fingers, and then hastily put it into her mouth, so that it should not crumble to pieces on the way.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John