SOLVENT
\sˈɒlvənt], \sˈɒlvənt], \s_ˈɒ_l_v_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of SOLVENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
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capable of meeting financial obligations
By Princeton University
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a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
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capable of meeting financial obligations
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
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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.
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That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
By Oddity Software
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Any liquid in or by which a substance can be dissolved.
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Able to pay just claims or debts; having the power of dissolving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having the power of dissolving; able or sufficient to pay all just debts.
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A fluid that dissolves any substance; a menstruum.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Having the power of loosening or dissolving; able or sufficient to pay all just debts, applied to a person or an estate.
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Anything that dissolves another; a fluid in which a solid may be dissolved.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A medicine supposed to possess the property of dissolving or removing obstructions and extraneous substances. Thus we have solvents of the stone in the bladder, &c. See Dissolventia.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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