hypersaturation

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ saturation.

Noun

hypersaturation (uncountable)

  1. Extreme saturation.
    • 2005, Mette Hjort, Scott Mackenzie, Cinema and Nation, page 104:
      This sequence is similarly characterised by a strategy of hypersaturation. The viewer discerns a series of photographs on the wall behind the couch, and a close-up later reveals that the pictures are of the royal family.
  2. (pathology) The presence of excess water in the body

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