solvent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: solvent	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.
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.