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| English Dictionary: solvent |
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| 3 results for solvent |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- solvent
- adj
- capable of meeting financial obligations [ant:
insolvent]
- n
- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;
"the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
Synonym(s): solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
Synonym(s): solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Solvent \Sol"vent\ (s[ocr]l"v[eit]nt), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of
solvere. See {Solvable}.]
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
fluid. [bd]the solvent body.[b8] --Boyle.
2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
merchant; the estate is solvent.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Solvent \Sol"vent\, n. (Chem.)
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the
appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether
of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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