[sol-vuh-buh
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| 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). |
| unsolvable | |
adjective | |
| not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: insolvable] |