unsaturated

unsaturated

English

Etymology

un- +‎ saturated

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 fat

Translations

capable of dissolving more solute

Chinese: Cantonese: 不飽和, 不饱和 (bat1 baau2 wo4) Mandarin: 不飽和 (zh), 不饱和 (zh) (bùbǎohé) Min Nan: 不飽和, 不饱和 (put-páu-hô) Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: kyllästämätön, alikylläinen French: insaturé (fr) German: ungesättigt Greek: ακόρεστος (el) (akórestos) Irish: neamhsháithithe

Italian: insaturo (it) Japanese: 不飽和 (ja) (ふほうわ, fuhōwa) Korean: 불포화 (ko) (bulpohwa) (不飽和) Maori: hamanga Norwegian: Bokmål: umettet Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado (es) Swedish: omättad (sv)

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

Chinese: Cantonese: 不飽和, 不饱和 (bat1 baau2 wo4) Mandarin: 不飽和 (zh), 不饱和 (zh) (bùbǎohé) Min Nan: 不飽和, 不饱和 (put-páu-hô) Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: tyydyttymätön French: insaturé (fr) German: ungesättigt Greek: ακόρεστος (el) (akórestos) Hungarian: telítetlen

Irish: neamhsháithithe Italian: insaturo (it) Japanese: 不飽和 (ja) (ふほうわ, fuhōwa) Korean: 불포화 (ko) (bulpohwa) (不飽和) Norwegian: Bokmål: umettet Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado (es) Swedish: omättad (sv)

not chromatically pure

Dutch: onverzadigd (nl) Finnish: alikylläinen French: insaturé (fr) German: ungesättigt

Irish: neamhsháithithe Russian: ненасы́щенный (ru) (nenasýščennyj) Spanish: insaturado, no saturado (es) Swedish: omättad (sv)