Sugar in tea, e.g.

• Alka-Seltzer in water, e.g
• Sugar in coffee, e.g.
• Dissolved substance, in chemistry classes
• It's dissolved into a solvent
• Dissolved thing
• Salt in salt water, e.g
• Substance in a chemistry experiment

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, "dissolved," from Latin solutus , past participle of solvere (see solve ). In botany, "free, not adhering" (1760).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Solute \So*lute"\, v. t. To dissolve; to resolve. [Obs.] To absolve; as, to solute sin. [Obs.] --Bale.