The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SATURATION
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What does SATURATION mean?
SATURATION noun- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
- 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
- The state of a saturated solution
- The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
- The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
- The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- (color) Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- 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
- 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.