See Also: Solvent(medicine)
solvent(encyclopedia)
solvent(dictionary)
Solvent(money)
SOLVENT(law)
solvent abuse(dictionary)
solvent 2, noun(dictionary)
solvent 1, adjective(dictionary)
amphiprotic solvent(medicine)
solvent drag(medicine)

solvent (iou)



solvent adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin solvent- pres. ppl stem of solvere: see SOLVE, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Able to pay one's debts or meet one's liabilities; financially sound. M17.
A. C. Amor Hunt had pawned everything..in a desperate attempt to remain solvent.
Capable of dissolving something; causing solution. L17.
b. noun.
A substance having the power of dissolving other substances; esp. any of various volatile organic liquids used commercially in paints, glues, etc. Also, the major component in a solution, in which the solute is dissolved. L17.
An explanation, a solution. M19.
Comb.: solvent abuse a form of drug abuse in which volatile organic solvents are inhaled; solvent extract verb & noun (a) verb trans. purify by means of solvent extraction; (b) noun a fraction extracted from a mixture by this process; a spell of solvent extraction; solvent extraction the partial removal of a substance from a solution or mixture by utilizing its greater solubility in another liquid, sometimes via a permeable membrane.
? Earlier in INSOLVENT.
solventless adjective without a chemical solvent M20.