hidden pixel

Solvent Definition

solvent

Contents

English

Wikipedia has articles on: Solvent

Etymology

From French solvent, from Latin solventem (nominative: solvens, present participle of solvere).

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Solvent (chemistry)

Wikipedia solvent (plural solvents)

  1. A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

Adjective

solvent (not comparable)

  1. Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
  2. having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

Antonyms

Translations

able to pay all debts
  • Bulgarian: платежоспособен (bg) (platezhosposoben)
  • Czech: solventní (cs)
  • Finnish: maksukykyinen (fi), vakavarainen (fi)
  • French: solvable (fr)

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

solvent

  1. (finance) solvent

Synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

Latin

Verb

solvent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of solvō

 

The above information uses material from Wiktionary and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Some facts may not have been fully verified for accuracy. [Disclaimers]
This page was last archived by our server on Sat Jan 7 23:14:11 2012.
Displaying this page or its contents does not use any Wikimedia Foundation's resources.
The owners of this site proudly support the Wikimedia Foundation.

More Definition Results for "Solvent"
[Hide]▼
'Solvent' Images
[Hide]▲