1. to add more of a substance to a solution than it can normally dissolve at a given temperature
Usage: chemistry; technical

Examples

• The chemist carefully supersaturated the salt solution by heating it first.
• When you supersaturate sugar water, crystals will form as it cools.
• The lab experiment required students to supersaturate the sodium chloride solution.
• If you supersaturate the mixture, precipitation will occur rapidly.
• The process to supersaturate the solution takes several hours of controlled heating.
• Scientists can supersaturate solutions to study crystallization patterns.