resolvent
See also: résolvent
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.
Adjective
resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)
Noun
resolvent (plural resolvents)
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Coxe to this entry?)
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) resolvent