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What is the noun for solvent?

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solution
  1. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
  2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
  3. The answer to a problem.
  4. (buzzword) A product, service or suite thereof.
  5. (law, Britain, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “I have a solution for your current predicament but you are not going to like it.”
      “Finding the solution to this particular arithmetic problem is proving difficult for our fifth graders.”
      “We finally have a solution to the mysterious disappearance of a very valuable and historic art piece.”
solubility
  1. The condition of being soluble.
  2. (chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The solubility of sugar in water increases with higher temperatures.”
      “As the size of the alkyl group increases, i.e. as the number of carbon atoms increases, the water solubility decreases.”
      “However, hydrogen has almost no solubility in solid aluminum and it has been determined to be the primary cause of porosity in aluminum welds.”
solvent
  1. A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
  2. That which resolves.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “If your brand of paint is already very oily, then just add some solvent to thin it, but if your paint is tight or sticky, add both oil and solvent.”
solutionism
  1. The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature.
  2. The providing of a solution or solutions to a customer or client (sometimes before a problem has been identified).
  3. Examples:
    1. Solutionism is the ideology that every social issue can be solved thanks to technology and especially thanks to the internet.”
solvability
  1. Capability of being solved.
  2. The condition of being solvent; ability to pay debts; solvency.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The author examines solvability in quantum mechanics and classically superfluous invariants.”
      “Ingenuity, solvability, laughability, mischievousness, maybe a little naughtiness!”
      “Finally, from a financial point of view, Zetes boasts a strong solvability and net cash position.”
solvophobicity
  1. (chemistry) The condition of being solvophobic
  2. (chemistry) The degree to which a substance is solvophobic
solvolysis
  1. (chemistry) any reaction, between a solute and its solvent, in which one or more bonds of the solute are broken; specifically a substitution, elimination or fragmentation reaction in which the solvent is the nucleophile
  2. Examples:
    1. “They are about three times less reactive towards solvolysis than the corresponding tosylates.”
      “A solvolysis reaction is one in which the solvent is also a reactant.”
      Solvolysis reactions are generally named after the specific solvent for example, the term hydrolysis when water is involved.”
solvomolality
  1. (chemistry) A measure of the comparative solubility of a material in a mixture of a solvent and a reference solvent.
solvatochromism
  1. (chemistry) A change in colour (due to changes in position and/or intensity of absorption or emission bands) that accompanies a change in the polarity of a solvent
solvency
  1. The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bank solvency is exaggerated, but it is exaggerated less under international auditing than under central bank auditing.”
      “His approach is akin to measuring your personal solvency by adding up the deposits in your bank account and neglecting the withdrawals.”
      “Whatever debt is forgiven will be reimbursed in some form so that the solvency of the institutions is not threatened.”
solvmanifold
  1. (mathematics) A homogeneous space of a connected solvable Lie group.
solvate
  1. (chemistry) A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute
solute
  1. Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sugar is a solute that dissolves easily in water.”
solventogenesis
  1. The biochemical synthesis of solvents (typically alcohols)
solvation
  1. (chemistry) An association, or a reaction, of a solute with a solvent
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, this estimate does not include the dissipation of energy in the excited state due to solvation and vibrational cooling before dumping.”
      “This indicates that TRH molecules are located close to the lipid headgroups, possibly mimicking the solvation by water molecules.”
      “Two different continuum electrostatic models are formulated to describe the ion solvation inside the nanotube.”
solvatofluorochromism
  1. (chemistry) The effect of solvent on the colour and fluorescence of dyes
solubilization
  1. The act of solubilizing something, of rendering it soluble.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Pectins and hemicelluloses, two of the major cell wall components, undergo solubilization and depolymerization.”
      “This property provides an ideal characteristic for the solubilization of many molecules.”
      “Research on surfactants and membrane solubilization showed that anionic surfactants interact more with lipid bilayers.”
solutionist
solve
  1. (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.
solvableness
  1. The quality of being solvable.
solver
  1. One who or that which solves.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He's a solver of problems rather than a creator of issues.”
      “The TOP500 is a biyearly competition that ranks 500 entries by sustained performance for a linear equation solver.”
      “Yes, the solver needs to be as much chemist as geographer, cricketer or drug fiend.”
solvatization
  1. Synonym of solvation
solubleness
solvings
  1. plural of solving, Synonym of solutions
solubilizations
  1. plural of solubilization
solvatizations
  1. plural of solvatization
solvomolalities
  1. plural of solvomolality
solvmanifolds
  1. plural of solvmanifold
solutionists
  1. plural of solutionist
solvabilities
  1. plural of solvability
solvolyses
  1. plural of solvolysis
solubilities
  1. plural of solubility
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because of the high solubilities in niobium and tantalum, these embrittling contaminants normally do not present problems in fabrication.”
      “The different solubilities of substances in aqueous and organic solvents provide another basis for analysis.”
      “The components move with the flowing solvent at velocities that are dependent on their solubilities in the stationary and flowing solvents.”
solvations
  1. plural of solvation
solutions
  1. plural of solution
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These solutions allow a company's assets to realize the maximum possible return on investment.”
      “Thus, the ontological eliminative structuralism inherits the problems and potential solutions of realism in ontology.”
      “A group of Bermudians are in the process of setting up a new organisation to consider solutions to contemporary issues.”
solvencies
solvates
  1. plural of solvate
solvents
  1. plural of solvent
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These may contain solvents such as toluene, isopropryl alcohol, ethyl and butyl acetates, acetone and other ketones.”
      “Finally, the drugs are recovered by using industrial solvents, such as acetone, ether, or chloroform.”
      “Volatile solvents must be stored in fire safety cabinets with venting to the outside of the building where possible.”
solutes
  1. plural of solute
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In 20 healthy subjects, Effros and coworkers studied the electrolyte and buffer concentrations of solutes present in exhaled condensates.”
      “Separation of charged solutes can also cause problems owing to adsorption or electrophoretic migration.”
      “These results indicate that stomatal uptake can be a major pathway for the foliar uptake of ionic solutes.”
solvers
  1. plural of solver
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There, the Indian pair will be matching their wits against the world's best puzzle solvers.”
      “But if there's anything you should know about Americans by now, it's that we're problem solvers.”
      “This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!”
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