saturasyon
saturasyón with stress marks
saturation
Usage Note
Saturasyon is a technical loanword from English 'saturation', used in scientific, photographic, and market contexts — referring to the degree to which a medium is saturated with a substance, color, or supply. In Filipino media discussions, it is frequently used to describe color saturation in video or photography, and in business to describe market saturation.
Examples
" Mataas ang saturasyon ng kulay. "
Natural Translation
The saturation of the color is high.
Literal Translation
High the saturation of color.
" May saturasyon ng tubig sa lupa. "
Natural Translation
There is a saturation of water in the soil.
Literal Translation
There-is saturation of water in soil.
" Binawasan ng editor ang saturasyon ng bidyo upang maging mas natural ang mga kulay sa larawan. "
Natural Translation
The editor reduced the saturation of the video so that the colors in the image would look more natural.
Literal Translation
Reduced of editor the saturation of video so-that become more natural the colors in image.
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