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saturation of an organic compound, condition occurring when its molecules contain no double or triple bonds and thus cannot undergo addition reactions. For example, ethane (H ₃ C-CH ₃ ) is a saturated compound. A compound is called unsaturated if it can undergo addition reactions. In the unsaturated compound ethene (H ₂ C[symbol]CH ₂ ), the carbon-carbon double bond readily reacts, e.g., with hydrogen to form ethane.

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saturation In remote sensing:
1. the maximum digital number value which can be assigned to a pixel;

2. a point between the achromatic line and a pure hue of a pixel colour corresponding to the relative mixture of hues going to make up a colour.

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