| MATURATION | • maturation n. The process of becoming mature. • maturation n. (Biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. • maturation n. (Medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully. |
| SATURATION | • saturation n. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated. • saturation n. (Physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase… • saturation n. (Chemistry) The state of a saturated solution. |
| MATURATIONS | • maturations n. Plural of maturation. • MATURATION n. the process of bringing or coming to maturity. |
| SATURATIONS | • saturations n. Plural of saturation. • SATURATION n. complete infiltration. |
| DENATURATION | • denaturation n. The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink. • denaturation n. (Biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused… • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DESATURATION | • desaturation n. (Chemistry) the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other… • desaturation n. (Medicine) a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient’s haemoglobin. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| MATURATIONAL | • maturational adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or promoting maturation. • MATURATIONAL adj. relating to maturation. |
| RENATURATION | • renaturation n. (Biochemistry) The reconstruction of the original form of a protein or nucleic acid following denaturation. • RENATURATION n. the act of renaturing. |
| UNSATURATION | • unsaturation n. (Chemistry) The degree or condition of being unsaturated. • UNSATURATION n. absence of saturation. |
| DENATURATIONS | • denaturations n. Plural of denaturation. • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DESATURATIONS | • desaturations n. Plural of desaturation. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| RENATURATIONS | • renaturations n. Plural of renaturation. • RENATURATION n. the act of renaturing. |
| SUBSATURATION | • subsaturation n. The condition of being subsaturated. • SUBSATURATION n. a state of incomplete saturation. |
| UNSATURATIONS | • unsaturations n. Plural of unsaturation. • UNSATURATION n. absence of saturation. |
| OVERSATURATION | • oversaturation n. Supersaturation. • OVERSATURATION n. excessive saturation. |
| SUBSATURATIONS | • subsaturations n. Plural of subsaturation. • SUBSATURATION n. a state of incomplete saturation. |
| OVERSATURATIONS | • oversaturations n. Plural of oversaturation. • OVERSATURATION n. excessive saturation. |
| SUPERSATURATION | • supersaturation n. (Physics) The condition of a solution being more highly concentrated than is normally possible. • supersaturation n. (Physics) the condition of a vapour having a higher saturation vapour pressure than is normally possible. • supersaturation n. (Physiology) The condition of a solution of gases in a tissue having a higher concentration in terms… |