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Webster 1913 Edition


Soluble

Sol′u-ble

,
Adj.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Soluble

SOL'UBLE

,
Adj.
[L. solubilis, from solvo, to melt.] Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution. Sugar is solube in water; salt is soluble only to a certain extent, that is, till water is saturated.

Definition 2024


soluble

soluble

English

Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)

  1. Able to be dissolved.
    Sugar is soluble in water.
  2. Able to be solved or explained.
    A mystery that is easily soluble.

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Catalan

Adjective

soluble m, f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

  1. soluble

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

Adjective

soluble m, f (plural solubles)

  1. soluble

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Spanish

Adjective

soluble m, f (plural solubles)

  1. soluble

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