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–adjective

1.	capable of being solved, as a problem.

2.	Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian.

3.	Archaic. soluble (def. 1).

[Origin: 1640–50; solve + -able

]

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solv·a·bil·i·ty, solv·a·ble·ness, noun

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solv·a·ble Audio Help (sŏl'və-bəl, sôl'-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Possible to solve: solvable problems; a solvable riddle.

solv'a·bil'i·ty, solv'a·ble·ness n.

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solvable
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capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly solvable"

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Solvable

Sol"u*ble\, a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable.]

1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.

Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. --Arbuthnot.

2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. "More soluble is this knot." --Tennyson.

3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] "The bowels must be kept soluble." --Dunglison.

Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass.

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