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| 1. | capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder. |
| 2. | capable of being solved or explained: a soluble problem. |
| 3. | something soluble. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL solūbilis, equiv. to L solū-, var. s. of solvere to loosen, dissolve + -bilis -ble
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sol·u·ble·ness, noun
sol·u·bly, adverb
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adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.] sol'u·ble·ness n., sol'u·bly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
soluble
1373, "capable of being dissolved," from M.Fr. soluble, from L.L. solubilis "that may be loosened or dissolved," from stem of L. solvere "loosen, dissolve" (see solve). Meaning "capable of being solved" is attested from 1705.
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| 1. | (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) [ant: indissoluble] |
| 2. | susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble" [ant: insoluble] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
soluble1 [ˈsoljubl] adjective
able to be dissolved or made liquid
Example: This dye is soluble in water.
soluble2 [ˈsoljubl] adjectiveExample: This dye is soluble in water.
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(of a problem, difficulty etc) able to be solved
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Capable of being dissolved. Salt, for example, is soluble in water. |
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Soluble
In*sol"u*ble\, a. [L. insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf. Insolvable.]1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water. 2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty. 3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] --Holland| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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