RESOLVENT Definition & Meaning

resolvent

[ ri-zol-vuhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resolving; causing solution; solvent.

noun

something resolvent.
Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.

resolvent

/ ��ɪˈ��ɒ��ə�Գ� /

adjective

serving to dissolve or separate something into its elements; resolving

noun

something that resolves; solvent
a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of resolvent¹

1670–80; < Latin resolvent- (stem of ��Ǳ��ŧ�Բ� ), present participle of resolvere to resolve; -ent

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It has also some reputation as an alterative and resolvent, and as an anodyne.

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It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

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Each of the resolvents so formed is then examined to find whether it has rational roots.

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Evidently the method gives for L� a quadric equation, which is the “resolvent” equation in this particular case.

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The wife and the big family out at Cospicua, which is near Valletta, seemed to be a powerful resolvent of sentimental ideas.

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