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Saturated vs Transmissivity - What's the difference?

saturated | transmissivity |

As a verb saturated

is (saturate).

As an adjective saturated

is (not comparable) full; unable to hold or contain any more.

As a noun transmissivity is

(physics) a measure of the capacity of a material to transmit radiation (the ratio of the amounts of energy transmitted and received).

saturated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (saturate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  • (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  • (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  • (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

    • Related terms

    * saturate * saturity * unsaturated * polyunsaturated

    transmissivity

    English

    Noun

    (transmissivities)
  • (physics) A measure of the capacity of a material to transmit radiation (the ratio of the amounts of energy transmitted and received)
  • (geology) A measure of the the capacity of a saturated aquifer to transmit water horizontally. SI units: m²/s. Symbol: T.

    • Related terms

    * transmissive