resolvent
resolvent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
- 2.(Med.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe.
- 3.(Math.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- break
- catalysis
- catalytic
- corruption
- crumble
- decentralize
- decompose
- decomposed
- decomposition
- decompound
- disembody
- disintegration
- disjunction
- disperse
- dispersion
- dissect
- dissection
- dissolution
- dissolve
- dust
- electrolyze
- into
- its
- resolution
- resolve
- separate
- separative
- solvent
- unravel
- unroll
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is resolvent.
- What is that which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent called?
- What is that which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe called?
- What is an equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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