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Saturate means to make something completely full of something else. For example, you can saturate a sponge with water. The sponge will be completely full of water and will not be able to hold any more water.
In science, we often use the word saturate to talk about solutions. A solution is a mixture of two or more substances. The substances in a solution are called the solute and the solvent. The solvent is the substance that the solute dissolves in.
A solution is said to be saturated when it cannot dissolve any more solute. For example, if you add salt to the water, the salt will dissolve in the water until the solution is saturated. If you add more salt to the solution, the salt will not dissolve and will form a solid at the bottom of the container.
The sponge was saturated with water.
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The word "saturate" comes from the Latin word "saturare", which means "to fill full".
The first recorded use of the word "saturate" in English was in the 14th century.
The word "saturate" is a Latin word, and it is related to the Italian word "saturare" and the Spanish word "saturar".
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