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supersaturates

supersaturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supersaturate.

Meaning of supersaturate

Verb

supersaturate (third-person singular simple present supersaturates, present participle supersaturating, simple past and past participle supersaturated)

  1. To cause a solution to have more solute dissolved in it than it can stably contain at current conditions.
    • In science class the teacher prepared a supersaturated solution by cooling a saturated solution. He then added a small seed crystal and a large precipitate formed in just a second.

Questions about supersaturates

What is supersaturates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Supersaturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supersaturate.

Words near supersaturates in the dictionary

  1. supersamples
  2. supersampling
  3. supersarcastic
  4. supersaturate
  5. supersaturated
  6. supersaturates
  7. supersaturating
  8. supersaturation
  9. supersaturations
  10. supersault
  11. supersaults

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supersaturates (page history and authors); supersaturate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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