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The quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
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solubility
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Solubility \Sol`u*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. solubilit['e].] The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty. (Bot.) The tendency to separate readily into ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 The condition of being soluble. 2 (context chemistry English) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from soluble + -ity .
WordNet
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n. the quality of being soluble [ant: insolubility ] the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Solubility is the property of a solid , liquid , or gaseous chemical substance called solute to dissolve in a solid, liquid, or gaseous solvent . The solubility of a substance fundamentally depends on the physical and chemical properties of the solute and ...
Usage examples of solubility.
It is distinguished by the solubility of its hydrate in ammonic carbonate, by not being precipitated by boiling with sodium hyposulphite, and by not being precipitated by ammonic sulphide from an ammonic carbonate solution.
Of course, with body fluids under the same pressure, it might be more a matter of complex ion equilibrium than simple solubility.
The solubilities of organic compounds in various solvents has become of particular interest in this connection through the recent discovery of the endochronic nature of thiotimoline.