resoluble

¹ American  

[ri-zol-yuh-buhl, rez-uhl-] / rɪˈzɒl yə bəl, ˈrɛz əl- /

adjective

1. capable of being resolved.

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resoluble ² American  

[ree-sol-yuh-buhl] / riˈsɒl yə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be redissolved.

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resoluble British  

/ ˈrɛzəl-, rɪˈzɒljʊbəl /

adjective

1. another word for resolvable

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Other Word Forms

• resolubility noun
• resolubleness noun

Etymology

Origin of resoluble¹

1595–1605; < Late Latin resolūbilis, equivalent to Latin resolū-, variant stem of resolvere to resolve + -bilis -ble

Origin of resoluble¹

First recorded in 1830–40; re- + soluble

Example Sentences

Resoluble, rez′ō-lū-bl, adj. that may be resolved, soluble.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

"There remains however among the happenings met with in such a compound organism as ourselves," says Sherrington, "... a certain residue seemingly not thus resoluble" into chemico-physical energy-systems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nay nor perhaps all Vegetables, which may appear by what we said above of Camphire, Benzoin, &c. are resoluble by Fire into just such differing Schemes of Matter.

From Project Gutenberg

But, pursues Carneades, though I think it Evident, that Earth and Phlegme are to be reckon’d among the Elements of most Animal and Vegetable Bodies, yet ’tis not upon that Account alone, that I think divers Bodies resoluble into more Substances then three.

From Project Gutenberg

But what Answer can it prove to me, who you know am disputing against the Aristotelian Elements, as the Chymicall Principles, and must not look upon any body as a true Principle or Element, but as yet compounded, which is not perfectly Homogeneous, but is further Resoluble into any number of Distinct Substances how small soever.

From Project Gutenberg