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soluble |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Soluble \Sol"u*ble\, a. [L. solubilis fr solvere solutum to loosen, to dissolve: cf F. soluble. See {Solve}, and cf {Solvable}.] 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. --Arbuthnot. 2. Susceptible of being solved; as a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as the mystery is perhaps soluble. ``More soluble is this knot.'' --Tennyson. 3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] ``The bowels must be kept soluble.'' --Dunglison. {Soluble glass}. (Chem.) See under {Glass}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: soluble adj 1: (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) [ant: {insoluble}] 2: susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble" [ant: {insoluble}]
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