Found 2 hits - Term: unsaturated, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unsaturated \unsat"ura`ted\, a.
1. capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree;
as, an unsaturated solution.
1913 webster
2. chem. capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain
other elements or compounds, without the elimination of
any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia
are unsaturated; benzene has three unsaturated bonds. the
term is applied most commonly to compounds with a double
or triple bond between two carbon atoms as in ethylene.
1913 webster +pjc
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
unsaturated
adj 1: not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at
a given temperature; "an unsaturated salt solution"
ant: saturated
2: used of a compound especially of carbon containing atoms
sharing more than one valence bond; "unsaturated fats"
ant: saturated
3: of color not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated
red" ant: saturated
see also:
saturated
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