Phrase guide

unsaturated fatty acid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fatty acid, such as oleic acid, that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: saturated fatty acid

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noun

Meaning 2

a fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fatty acid

Narrower terms: monounsaturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid, ricinoleic acid, eleostearic acid, elaeostearic acid

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 不飽和脂肪酸 /不饱和脂肪酸 (bat1 baau2 wo4 zi1 fong1 syun1) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Chinese: 不飽和脂肪酸 /不饱和脂肪酸 (put-páu-hô chi-hông-sng, put-páu-hô chí-hông-sng) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不飽和脂肪酸 /不饱和脂肪酸 (bùbǎohé zhīfángsuān) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Hungarian: telítetlen zsírsav — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Irish: aigéad sailleach neamhsháithithe — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Japanese: 不飽和脂肪酸 (fuhōwa shibōsan) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Korean: 불포화 지방산 (bulpohwa jibangsan) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Thai: กรดไขมันไม่อิ่มตัว (gròt-kǎi-man-mâi-ìm-dtuua) — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Vietnamese: axit béo chưa bão hòa — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond
  • Vietnamese: axit béo không bão hòa — a fatty acid that contains at least one carbon to carbon double bond