resolvent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.
Adjective[edit]
resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)
Noun[edit]
resolvent (plural resolvents)
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
- 1828, John Read, An appeal to the medical profession:
- astringent resolvents
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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