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solvent [ sol -vuh nt ] SHOW IPA
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adjective
able to pay all just debts.
having the power of dissolving; causing solution . noun
a substance that dissolves another to form a solution : Water is a solvent for sugar. something that solves or explains.
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Origin of solvent 1620–30; <Latin
solvent- (stem of
solvēns ), present participle of
solvere to loosen. See
solve ,
-ent
OTHER WORDS FROM solvent sol·vent·less, adjective sol·vent·ly, adverb
Words nearby solvent solvation ,
Solvay ,
Solvay process ,
solve ,
solvency ,
solvent ,
solvent abuse ,
solvolysis ,
Solway Firth ,
Solyman ,
Solyman I
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How to use solvent in a sentence The history of WD-40The story of WD-40 begins in 1953, when the fledgling Rocket Chemical Company—all three employees—set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvent s and degreasers for the aerospace industry.
The process uses a series of liquid solvent s to dissolve individual plastic components off a product.
This time, banks have been part of the solution—the public face of Paycheck Protection Program loans and other measures that have helped millions of Americans stay solvent .
The true bike nerds among us who won’t settle for less than microscopically clean chains use ultrasonic cleaners, which use heat, solvent , and vibration to clean metal parts.
First, the dry electrode could slash production costs by eliminating the time- and space-intensive drying stage required with solvent -based electrode application methods.
A marriage ends and one party pays the less financially solvent party some sort of means of support.
Republic wanted to terminate its obligations and put workers in a 401(k) (or at least a more solvent Teamster pension plan).
Rob Hach says "Without the tax credit, we're going to have to cut half of our employees to stay solvent ."
But what Shteyngart describes is the sort of dysfunction that occasionally plagues even the best and most solvent carrier.
The existence of social security substantially undercuts the demographic increase needed to make the security system solvent .
At the same time, the change is also in the direction of an expansion of the solvent in the solution.
From Walden's work it appears that the dielectric constant finally determines the quantitative ionizing effect of a solvent .
It is thus evident, that the solvent action of ammonium hydroxide is not due to its basic functions.
The shop smelled of paint, solvent and plastic, like most any other.
"Miss Dormer's herself an English picture," their visitor pronounced in the tone of a man whose urbanity was a general solvent .
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British Dictionary definitions for solvent
adjective
capable of meeting financial obligations
(of a substance, esp a liquid) capable of dissolving another substance
noun
a liquid capable of dissolving another substance water is a solvent for salt
the component of a solution that does not change its state in forming the solution or the component that is present in excess Compare solute something that solves
Derived forms of solvent solvently , adverb Word Origin for solvent C17: from Latin solvēns releasing, from solvere to free, solve
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Scientific definitions for solvent
A substance that can dissolve another substance, or in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution. Water is the most common solvent.
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