dissolvent
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin dissolvēns.
Adjective
dissolvent (comparative more dissolvent, superlative most dissolvent)
- Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
- Having power to dissolve a solid body.
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- the dissolvent juices of the stomach
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Translations
capable of dissolution into a fluid
having power to dissolve a solid body
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Noun
dissolvent (plural dissolvents)
- A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
- Synonym: solvent
- 1669 August 26, “[An Accompt of Some Books.] III. Ottonis Tachenii Hippocrates Chymicus. Venetiis in 12º.”, in Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume IV, number 50, London: Printed by T. N. for John Martyn […] , printer to the Royal Society, published 1670, →OCLC, pages 1019–1020:
- For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dissolvent