saturable adjective. ['satʃʊrǝb(ǝ)l, -tjʊr-] L16.
[from SATURATE verb: see -ABLE. Cf. earlier INSATURABLE, UNSATURABLE.]
1. Able to be saturated. L16.

2. Of a magnetic system: capable of retaining a saturating magnetic field (see SATURATE verb 3b). M20.
saturable reactor an iron-cored coil whose impedance to alternating current can be varied by varying the direct current in an auxiliary winding so as to change the degree of magnetization of the core.

■ satura'bility noun E20.

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