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 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)