resolvent

From Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.

resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)

1. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

resolvent (plural resolvents)

1. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
2. (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

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3. (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.

• Levertons

resolvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resolvō