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Noun: unsaturated compound
  1. A chemical compound that contains carbon-carbon double bonds or triple bonds, such as those found in alkenes or alkynes, respectively.
    "Saturated and unsaturated compounds need not consist only of a carbon atom chain."

Type of: chemical compound, compound

Encyclopedia: Unsaturated compound

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unsatiable
unsatiably
unsatiated
unsatisfactorily
unsatisfactoriness
unsatisfactory
unsatisfiable
unsatisfied
unsatisfying
unsaturated
unsaturated compound
unsaturated fatty acid
unsaturation
unsaved
unsavoriness
unsavory
unsavouriness
unsavoury
unsay
unsayable
unscalable