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saturation
The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, further increase in the force produces no additional increase in the resultant effect. Many natural phenomena display saturation. For example, after a magnetizing force becomes sufficiently strong, further increase in the force produces no additional magnetization in a magnetic circuit; all the magnetic domains have been aligned, and the magnetic material is saturated.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Science
- Category: General science
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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