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English
Etymology
From Latin resolvēns, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.
Adjective
resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)
- Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture
Noun
resolvent (plural resolvents)
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
1828, John Read, An appeal to the medical profession:astringent resolvents
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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Latin
Verb
resolvent
- third-person plural future active indicative of resolvō