Solvent
['sɒlv(ə)nt] or ['sɑlvənt]
Definition
(noun.) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; 'the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution'.
(adj.) capable of meeting financial obligations .
Editor: Terence--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
(a.) Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Menstruum.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- The next operation then is to disengage the shrouded image, and this is accomplished by a solvent. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Showing how caves and holes are formed by the solvent action of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By the cyanide process, in which cyanide of potassium is used as a solvent for the gold, low-grade ores can be profitably worked. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hence, when treated with an oleaginous solvent the shadows dissolved out, and the lights, represented by the undissolved resin, formed a picture, which was in reality a permanent negative. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The solvent was poured over the plate, and allowed to remain. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The solvent employed was a mixture of one part of oil of lavender, and ten parts of oil of petroleum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The real activity of ground water is due to its great solvent power; every time we put sugar into tea or soap into water we are using water as a solvent. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But every man's not obliged to be solvent? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In order to employ the compound prepare a solution either in water, alcohol, or other suitable solvent and immerse in or impregnate with such solutions the organic substances to be operated upon. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Smoke is almost as great a solvent as divorce: both tend to obscure the moral issue. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Ve'll have this here brought afore the Solvent Court, directly, Samivel. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As boracic acid is but slightly soluble in water and other common solvents this combination with glycerine--which is also a useful agent in arresting the growth of germs--is peculiarly valuable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- By thus manipulating the various solvents you will be enabled probably to separate the crude asphalt into several distinct hydrocarbons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After you can go no further, distil off all the solvents so the asphalt material has a tar-like consistency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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