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Unsaturated   /ənsˈætʃərˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Unsaturated

adjective
1.
Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature.
2.
Used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond.
3.
(of color) not chromatically pure; diluted.



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"Unsaturated" Quotes from Famous Books



... he has a double saturation series, reaching from saturated yellow through duller yellows to gray and thence through dull blues to saturated blue. What appears to the normal eye as red, orange or grass green appears to him as more or less unsaturated yellow; and what appears to the normal eye as greenish blue, violet and purple appears to him as more or less unsaturated blue. His color system can be represented in two dimensions, one for the double saturation series, yellow-gray-blue, and the other ...
— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth


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