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resolvableness |
resolve |
resolved |
resolvedly |
resolvedness |
resolvent
| resolver
| resolving
| resolving power
| resonance
| resonancy
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resolvent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun resolvent has 1 sense
- resolvent(n = noun.substance) dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, solvent - a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" has particulars: acetone, dimethyl ketone, propanone, chlorobenzene, carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane, hexane, menstruum, naphtha, remover, alcahest, alkahest, universal solvent, methylbenzene, toluene, xylene, xylol
is a kind of medium
Derived form verb resolve7
CIDE DICTIONARY
resolvent, a.
Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent. [1913 Webster]
resolvent, n. [L. resolvens, p. pr. of resolvere: cf. F. résolvant. See Resolve.].
- That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent. [1913 Webster]
- That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe. [1913 Webster]
- An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
resolvent, adj. & n. esp. Med.
--adj. (of a drug, application, substance, etc.) effecting the resolution of a tumour etc.
--n. such a drug etc.
--adj. (of a drug, application, substance, etc.) effecting the resolution of a tumour etc.
--n. such a drug etc.
THESAURUS
resolvent
ablative, anticoagulant, biodegradable, corrosive, cutting, decomposable, decomposing, degradable, dilapidated, diluent, dilutant, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissolvent, dissolving agent, erosive, flux, liquefacient, liquefier, moldering, ravaged, resolutive, ruinous, separative, solvent, thinner, thinning, wornROGET THESAURUS
resolvent
Decomposition
N decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.
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