hypersaturation

English

Etymology

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

See also

• supersaturation