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UNSATURATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of color) not chromatically pure; diluted
Example:
an unsaturated red
Classified under:
Similar:
dull ((of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted)
Antonym:
saturated ((of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
Example:
unsaturated fats
Classified under:
Similar:
monounsaturated ((of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond)
polyunsaturated ((of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
saturated (used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature
Example:
an unsaturated salt solution
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
saturated (being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance)
Context examples:
An unsaturated ketone derivative of aryloxyacetic acid without a sulfonamide substituent belonging to the class of loop diuretics.
(Ethacrynic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Lifestyle interventions recommending a higher consumption of foods containing plenty of unsaturated fat can have an impact on the quality of dietary fat in children's diets.
(Blood Fatty Acids Reveal Your Child's Diet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen in the form of an unsaturated, usually hexagonal ring structure.
(Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The calcium salt of undecylenic acid, an 11 carbon mono-unsaturated fatty acid with broad-spectrum antifungal activity.
(Calcium Undecylenate, NCI Thesaurus)
Carboxylic acids can be saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic.
(Carboxylic Acids, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The copper salt of undecylenic acid, an 11 carbon mono-unsaturated fatty acid with broad-spectrum antifungal activity.
(Copper Undecylenate, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of oxygenated, endogenous, unsaturated fatty acids derived from arachidonic acid.
(Eicosanoid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The pigments are fat-soluble, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons functioning as provitamins and are converted to vitamin A through enzymatic processes in the intestinal wall.
(Carotene, NCI Thesaurus)
Potentially cancer-causing compound containing carbon and hydrogen in the form of an unsaturated, usually hexagonal, ring structure with one or more nitro-group(s), -NO2, attached to one or more aromatic ring(s).
(Nitroarene Carcinogen, NCI Thesaurus)
Untreated and mildly treated mineral oils contain the highest amount of aromatic and unsaturated compounds and are primarily used as a lubricant base oil to produce further refined oil products.
(Mineral oil, NCI Thesaurus)
