SOLUBILITY

solubility

(noun) the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid

solvability, solubility

(noun) the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve

solubility

(noun) the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

solubility (plural solubilities)

The condition of being soluble.

(chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.

Source: Wiktionary


Sol`u*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. solubilité.]

1. The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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