Supersaturated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  concentrated \concentrated\ adj.
     1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a
        narrow thread of concentrated ore.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {undiluted} (vs. diluted)]
           [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their
        concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite
        of {distributed} or {diffused}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {bunched}, {bunchy}, {clustered};
           {centered}, {centred}, {centralized}, {focused};
           {undivided}] [Also See: {compact}.]
           [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as,
        her concentrated passion held them at bay.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given
        temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.
        Opposite of {dilute} or {unsaturated}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {supersaturated}]
  
     Syn: saturated.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as,
        concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of {diluted}.
  
     Syn: condensed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from
        without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
  
     Syn: intensive.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     7. characterized by mental concentration.
  
     Syn: intent.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supersaturated
       adj : being more concentrated than normally possible and therefore
             not in equilibrium

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "supersaturated":
     allayed, bloated, bursting, choked, cloyed, congested, crammed,
     crowded, disgusted, distended, drenched, engorged, fed-up,
     filled to overflowing, full, full of, glutted, gorged, hyperemic,
     in spate, jaded, jam-packed, jammed, overblown, overburdened,
     overcharged, overfed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted,
     overfull, overgorged, overladen, overloaded, oversaturated,
     overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweighted, packed,
     plethoric, ready to burst, replete, running over, sated, satiated,
     satisfied, saturated, sick of, slaked, soaked, stuffed, stuffed up,
     supercharged, surcharged, surfeited, swollen, tired of,
     with a bellyful, with a snootful, with enough of