soluble
adjUK /ˈsɒljʊbəl/ · US /ˈsɑljəbəl/
Etymology From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Able to be dissolved.
- Sugar is soluble in water.
- The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:
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Able to be solved or explained.
- That mystery should be easily soluble.
- Derived terms
- acetosoluble, fat-soluble, gastrosoluble, hydrosoluble, intersoluble, liposoluble, nonsoluble, solubility, solubilize, soluble glass, soluble insulin, solubleness, solubles, solubly, unsoluble, water-soluble