desaturate (English, verb)
expansion: desaturate (third-person singular simple present desaturates, present participle desaturating, simple past and past participle desaturated)
Senses:
glosses: To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated.
To lessen the saturation of (a colour).
tags: transitive
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated.
To convert (a saturated compound) to an unsaturated one.
tags: transitive
glosses: To become less saturated or unsaturated.
To decrease in saturation.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a colour
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To become less saturated or unsaturated.
Of the oxygen saturation level in one's hemoglobin: to decrease, to drop.
tags: intransitive
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To become less saturated or unsaturated.
To undergo a decrease in the oxygen saturation level in the hemoglobin.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a person
Forms:
form: desaturates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: desaturating
tags: participle
present
form: desaturated
tags: participle
past
form: desaturated
tags: past