Saturation vs Burden - What's the difference?
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the act of saturating or the process of being saturated
(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
(chemistry) the state of a saturated solution
(chemistry) the state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
(meteorology) the state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
(art) the intensity or vividness of a colour
intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
the flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
(music) an effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
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.
A heavy load.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
A responsibility, onus.
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
* Jonathan Swift
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
(mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
(metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
(obsolete, rare) A birth.
To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word ).
* Bible, 2 Corinthians viii. 13
* Shakespeare
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
* Coleridge
(music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* 1846 ,
The drone of a bagpipe.
(obsolete) Theme, core idea.
Saturation is a related term of burden.
As nouns the difference between saturation and burden
is that saturation is the act of saturating or the process of being saturated while burden is .saturation
English
Noun
(wikipedia saturation) (en-noun)- Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation .
Anagrams
* ----burden
English
(wikipedia burden)Etymology 1
From (etyl) burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from (etyl) byrden, .Alternative forms
* burthen (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens .
- Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- (Raymond)
- A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
- That bore thee at a burden two fair sons
Verb
(en verb)- to burden a nation with taxes
- I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened .
- My burdened heart would break.
- It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
Derived terms
* burdensome * beast of burdenEtymology 2
From (etyl) bordon. See bourdon.Noun
(en noun)- [...] Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- As commonly used, the refrain, or burden , not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
- (Ruddiman)