unsaturated

English

Etymology

un- +‎ saturated

Adjective

unsaturated (not comparable)

(chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
(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.
(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)

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