different between saturation vs congestion

English

Noun

saturation (usually uncountable, plural saturations)

1. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
2. (physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized
4. (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution
5. (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
6. (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
7. (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
8. (color) Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
9. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
10. The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
11. (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
12. (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
13. (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.

    Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation.

Derived terms

Related terms

• saturate

Translations

See also

• hue

Anagrams

• autotrains, titanosaur

French

Etymology

From Late Latin saturatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ty.?a.sj??/

Noun

saturation f (plural saturations)

1. (chemistry, usually uncountable) saturation

Related terms

• saturer

Further reading

• “saturation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• autorisant

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Latin congest?? (“heap, accumulation”), from conger? (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root ger? (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d???st.??n/, /-?d????.d???n/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /k?n?d????.d???n/

Noun

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

   2. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

2. An excess or accumulation of something
   1. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

   2. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
   3. edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels

Derived terms

Related terms

• congest

Translations

Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• congestion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• neognostic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??s.tj??/

Noun

congestion f (plural congestions)

1. congestion

Interlingua

Noun

congestion (uncountable)

1. congestion