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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOversaturation
/ˌoʊ.vɚˌsætʃ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state or quality of being filled or supplied to excess, resulting in a market or environment where supply drastically outweighs demand.
"The housing market is suffering from oversaturation, leading to a noticeable drop in property values." - 2
In photography, videography, and digital imaging, the excessive intensity or vividness of colors beyond a natural or aesthetically pleasing level.
"The photographer had to tone down the oversaturation in the landscape shots to make the greenery look realistic."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a combination of the English prefix 'over-' (meaning excessive or beyond normal limits) and the noun 'saturation', which derives from the Latin 'saturatio', stemming from 'satur' meaning full or sated. It gained prominence in the 20th century across multiple technical domains, initially in chemistry and physics regarding solutions, and later expanded into economics, photography, and digital media to describe an excessive abundance beyond capacity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Oversaturation" is said worldwide
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saturation excessive
Transliteration: sat-u-ra-syon ek-se-siv
"Le marché souffre d'une saturation excessiver de produits similaires."
Übersättigung
Transliteration: yːberzɛtɪɡʊŋ
"Die Übersättigung des Marktes führt zu sinkenden Preisen."
saturazione eccessiva
Transliteration: sa-tu-ra-tzi-o-ne et-ches-si-va
"C'è una forte saturazione eccessiva di smartphone economici."
extrasaturación
Transliteration: eks-tra-sa-tu-ra-sjon
"La extrasaturación de la publicidad en línea agota a los usuarios."
supersaturação
Transliteration: su-per-sa-tu-ra-sãw
"A supersaturação de cores estragou a naturalidade da foto."
अतिरिक्त संवर्धन
Transliteration: atirikt samvardhan
"बाजार में विज्ञापनों का अत्यधिक संवर्धन हो चुका है।"
过度饱和
Transliteration: guòdù bǎohé
"智能手机市场的过度饱和让竞争异常激烈。"
포화상태
Transliteration: pohwasangtae
"현재 커피숍 시장은 극심한 포화상태에 이르렀다."
過剰飽和
Transliteration: kajō hōwa
"その市場は商品の過剰飽和に直面している。"
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