Associations to the word «Resolvent»

RESOLVENT, adjective. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

RESOLVENT, noun. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.

RESOLVENT, noun. (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

RESOLVENT, noun. (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.

RESOLVENT, noun. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution".