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saturated

[Paul Erlich, "Tuning, Tonality, and Twenty-Two Tone Temperament", Xenharmonikon 17, footnote 33]

A chord to which no note may be added without increasing the chord's intervallic odd limit is said to be saturated.

For example, the four saturated 9-limit chords are:

See Graham Breed's Anomalous Saturated Suspensions for more info.