Look up: unsaturated

1. unsaturated
   [adj] - not saturated 2. [adj] - (chemistry) used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond 3. [adj] - (of color) not chromatically pure
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2. Unsaturated
   any carbon structure containing double or occasionally triple bonds. Many vegetable oils contain fatty acids with one of more double bonds in them.
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3. unsaturated
   compounds having more than one bond between two adjacent atoms,usually carbon atoms,and capable of adding other atoms at that point to reduce it to a single bond Category: Chemistry • prepared by the condensation of polyacids with polyalcohols; they must contain at least one unsaturated ...
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4. unsaturated
   1. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution. ... 2. <chemistry> 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. unsaturated
   adjective used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond; `unsaturated fats`
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6. unsaturated
   (әn-sach´ә-rāt″әd) not having all affinities of its elements satisfied (unsaturated compound). not holding all of a solute that can be held in solution by the solvent (unsaturated solution). denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bo...
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7. Unsaturated
   • (a.) Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution. • (a.) 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.
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8. unsaturated
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ŭn-sach′ŭr-āt′ĕd Definitions: 1. Not saturated; denoting a solution in which the solvent is capable of dissolving more of the solute. 2. Denoting a chemical compound in which all the affinities are not satisfied, so that still other atoms or ...
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