Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Solvent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Solvent \Sol"vent\, n. (Chem.)
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the
appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether
of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Solvent \Sol"vent\ (s[o^]l"vent), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of
solvere. See {Solvable}.]
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
fluid. ``the solvent body.'' --Boyle.
2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
merchant; the estate is solvent.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
solvent
adj : capable of meeting financial obligations [ant: {insolvent}]
n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;
"the solvent does not change its state in forming a
solution" [syn: {dissolvent}, {dissolver}, {dissolving
agent}, {resolvent}]
2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve
the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful
solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he
computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: {solution},
{answer}, {result}, {resolution}]
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