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A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
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dissolvent
Word definitions for dissolvent in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent , dissolver , dissolving agent , resolvent ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dissolvent \dis*solv"ent\, a. [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.] Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. --Ray.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 capable of dissolution into a fluid. 2 Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body. n. A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
Usage examples of dissolvent.
Cellesci se dissolvent ensuite en grande partie, mais, avant de passer à l'état liquide, elles tendent à se briser en petits fragments transversaux.
It seems, in fact, as though there existed in certain men a veritable bestial instinct, though pure and upright, like all instincts, which creates antipathies and sympathies, which fatally separates one nature from another nature, which does not hesitate, which feels no disquiet, which does not hold its peace, and which never belies itself, clear in its obscurity, infallible, imperious, intractable, stubborn to all counsels of the intelligence and to all the dissolvents of reason, and which, in whatever manner destinies are arranged, secretly warns the man-dog of the presence of the man-cat, and the man-fox of the presence of the man-lion.