soluble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: soluble	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soluble adj (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) Antonym(s): indissoluble, insoluble susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble" Antonym(s): insoluble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soluble \Sol"uble\, a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See {Solve}, and cf. {Solvable}.] 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble* in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. --Arbuthnot. 2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. [bd]More soluble is this knot.[b8] --Tennyson. 3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] [bd]The bowels must be kept soluble.[b8] --Dunglison. {Soluble glass}. (Chem.) See under {Glass}.