unsaturated

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ saturated.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unsaturated (not comparable)

1. (chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
2. (chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
3. (of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted.

Related terms

• unsaturated fatty acid
• unsaturated fat

Translations

capable of dissolving more solute

Chinese: Cantonese: 不飽和 / 不饱和 (bat1 baau2 wo4) Hokkien: (please verify) 不飽和 / 不饱和 (put-páu-hô) Mandarin: 不飽和 / 不饱和 (zh) (bùbǎohé) Danish: umættet Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: kyllästämätön, alikylläinen French: insaturé (fr) Georgian: უჯერი (uǯeri), გაუჯერებელი (gauǯerebeli) German: ungesättigt (de) Greek: ακόρεστος (el) (akórestos) Irish: neamhsháithithe Italian: insaturo (it) Japanese: 不飽和 (ja) (ふほうわ, fuhōwa) Korean: 불포화(不飽和) (ko) (bulpohwa) Maori: hamanga Norwegian: Bokmål: umettet Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado Swedish: omättad (sv) Welsh: annirlawn Yiddish: אומגעזעטיקט (umgezetikt)

having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms

Catalan: insaturat Chinese: Cantonese: 不飽和 / 不饱和 (bat1 baau2 wo4) Hokkien: (please verify) 不飽和 / 不饱和 (put-páu-hô) Mandarin: 不飽和 / 不饱和 (zh) (bùbǎohé) Danish: umættet Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: tyydyttymätön French: insaturé (fr) Georgian: გაუჯერებელი (gauǯerebeli) German: ungesättigt (de) Greek: ακόρεστος (el) (akórestos) Hungarian: telítetlen (hu) Irish: neamhsháithithe Italian: insaturo (it) Japanese: 不飽和 (ja) (ふほうわ, fuhōwa) Korean: 불포화(不飽和) (ko) (bulpohwa) Norwegian: Bokmål: umettet Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado Swedish: omättad (sv) Welsh: annirlawn Yiddish: אומגעזעטיקט (umgezetikt)

not chromatically pure

Danish: umættet Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: alikylläinen French: insaturé (fr) German: ungesättigt (de) Irish: neamhsháithithe Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado Swedish: omättad (sv)