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Definition: Dissolvent |
DissolventNoun1. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | A substance capable of dissolving other substances. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DissolventSynonyms: dissolver (n), dissolving agent (n), resolvent (n), solvent (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: dissolver (mechanical engineering, physics). |
| "Dissolvent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dissolvent" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dissolvent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tretës (remover, resolvent, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسيل (solvent, washed), مذيب (solvent), عامل مذيب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разтворител (menstruum, resolvent, solvent, vehicle), разтварящ (liquescent, solvent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 溶剂 (solvent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozpouštìdlo (resolvent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | oploesningsmiddel (co-solvent, coupling agent, dissolver, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oplosmiddel (co-solvent, coupling agent, dissolver, solubilizer, solubilizing agent, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liuotin (emulgator, solvent), liuote (dissolver, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissolvant (disintegrating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Loesungsmittel (co-solvent, coupling agent, dissolver, solvent, thinner), Loeser (dissolver, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαλύτης (base, base of active ingredient, dissolver, solvent, thinner), διαλυτική ουσία (dissolver, solvent, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ממיס, ממוסס (lytic, solvent), ממס (lytic, solvent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | oldószer (diluent, resolvent, solvent), feloldódó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | solvente (solvent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | issolventday dissolvente (dissonance, mensurable, solvent), suprimir (Burke, crush, cut, Dele, elimination, exterminate, fadeless, knockabout, liquidation, obliterate, prune, put down, quash, quell, smother, stop, suppress, throttle, wipe out), solvente (responsible, solvent). (various references) dizolvant (resolvent, solvent). (various references) растворяющий (solvent), растворитель (menstruum, resolvent, solvent, vehicle). (various references) rastvarački (diluent), rastvarač (diluent, solvent). (various references) disolvente (dissolve, menstruum, resolvent, thinner). (various references) lösningsmedel (solvent). (various references) eritici madde (menstruum), eritici (melting, solvent), çözücü (resolvent, solvent). (various references) розчинювальний (diluent, solvent), розчинник (diluent, menstruum, remover, resolvent, solvent). (various references) dung môi, l m ho tan; l m tan ra, chất l m tan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "dissolvent": dissolvents. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: novelists. | |
-2 letters: dissolve, novelist, solidest, solvents, voidness. | |
-3 letters: delists, dentils, dissent, divests, enlists, entoils, indoles, insoles, invests, lentoid, lesions, lioness, listens, nosiest, oldness, silents, slovens, snidest, snivels, solvent, soviets, telsons, tinsels, tonsils, violent, violets. | |
-4 letters: deists, delist, dentil, desist, devils, devons, divest, divots, donsie, dossel, dossil, dovens, elints, eloins, enlist, enosis, entoil, envois, eosins. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: dissolvents. | |
+4 letters: devolutionists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 73 6F 6C 76 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ... --- .-.. ...- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01101100 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s s o l v e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0073 006F 006C 0076 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758585817888718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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