Definition of unsaturated in English:
unsaturated
adjectiveʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪdˌənˈsætʃəˌreɪdəd
Chemistry 1(of organic molecules) having carbon–carbon double or triple bonds and therefore not containing the greatest possible number of hydrogen atoms.
Example sentencesExamples
- When unsaturated organic compounds are used as the starting point the alcohol is made by the addition of water to the double or triple bond.
- In common with all unsaturated hydrocarbons hydrogen can be added across the double bond to produce ethane.
- Thus conjugation can occur in molecules in which the unsaturated sites are close in space but are separated by more than a single covalent bond.
- These unsaturated hydrocarbons are readily oxidised and polymerised, which can reduce the oil's shelf life.
- The unsaturated benzene ring readily reacts with halogens, rapidly discoloring bromine water.
- 1.1 Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fats.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fat is mainly unsaturated, so potentially healthful, although all fats are equally high in calories (nine calories per gram).
- Most of the fat in peanuts is unsaturated which has been shown to lower one's LDL-cholesterol levels.
- There are two basic kinds of fat: saturated and unsaturated.
- The vitamin E requirement has long been known to increase with increased intakes of unsaturated fats.
- True, pistachios are fatty, but most of the fat is of the desirable unsaturated kind.
Definition of unsaturated in US English:
unsaturated
adjectiveˌənˈsaCHəˌrādədˌənˈsætʃəˌreɪdəd
Chemistry 1(of organic molecules) having carbon–carbon double or triple bonds and therefore not containing the greatest possible number of hydrogen atoms for the number of carbons.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus conjugation can occur in molecules in which the unsaturated sites are close in space but are separated by more than a single covalent bond.
- In common with all unsaturated hydrocarbons hydrogen can be added across the double bond to produce ethane.
- The unsaturated benzene ring readily reacts with halogens, rapidly discoloring bromine water.
- These unsaturated hydrocarbons are readily oxidised and polymerised, which can reduce the oil's shelf life.
- When unsaturated organic compounds are used as the starting point the alcohol is made by the addition of water to the double or triple bond.
- 1.1 Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fats.
Example sentencesExamples
- True, pistachios are fatty, but most of the fat is of the desirable unsaturated kind.
- There are two basic kinds of fat: saturated and unsaturated.
- The vitamin E requirement has long been known to increase with increased intakes of unsaturated fats.
- The fat is mainly unsaturated, so potentially healthful, although all fats are equally high in calories (nine calories per gram).
- Most of the fat in peanuts is unsaturated which has been shown to lower one's LDL-cholesterol levels.