insolubility
Americannoun
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the quality or fact of being unable to be dissolved.
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the quality or fact of being impossible to solve.
Example Sentences
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Anderton said the team suspected they might see that amyloid beta is driving some level of insolubility in other proteins.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
That insolubility is important because it prevents the material from dissolving into the battery electrolyte, as some organic battery materials do, thereby extending its lifetime.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
Such a method, perhaps, could yield insights that help us solve hard problems, or, conversely, accept their insolubility.
From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2021
I keep thinking about this push and pull of tension in the game: the apparent insolubility, the frustration, controller throwing, and then…something breaks.
From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2015
Platinum is detected when in the metallic state by its physical characters and insolubility in acids.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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