Solvent
noun
A solution that can dissolve another substance.
Water is a good solvent for sugar and salt
Often appears as...
- universal solvent
- organic solvent
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Technical
adjective
Having enough money to pay what you owe.
Despite its current downturn in sales, the company remains solvent
Often appears as...
- financially solvent
- solvent company
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Formal, Approving
Academic
noun
A chemical used to dissolve, dilute, or extract other substances.
Acetone is a popular solvent used in nail polish remover
Often appears as...
- volatile solvent
- polar solvent
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A solution that can dissolve another substance.
Water is a good solvent for sugar and salt
Often appears as...
- universal solvent
- organic solvent
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having enough money to pay what you owe.
Despite its current downturn in sales, the company remains solvent
Often appears as...
- financially solvent
- solvent company
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Academic
noun
A chemical used to dissolve, dilute, or extract other substances.
Acetone is a popular solvent used in nail polish remover
Often appears as...
- volatile solvent
- polar solvent
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Solvent as a noun is widely used in science to describe a substance that dissolves others.
In the experiment, the solvent quickly dissolved the colored powder.
Pro Tip 2/3Type Matters
Different solvents are used depending on the substance you need to dissolve.
Oil-based paint requires a strong solvent for cleanup.
Pro Tip 3/3Solubility Limits
Even good solvents have limits on how much they can dissolve before becoming saturated.
Salt can dissolve in water, but only until the water becomes saturated.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Solvent as a noun is widely used in science to describe a substance that dissolves others.
In the experiment, the solvent quickly dissolved the colored powder.
Pro Tip 2/3Type Matters
Different solvents are used depending on the substance you need to dissolve.
Oil-based paint requires a strong solvent for cleanup.
Pro Tip 3/3Solubility Limits
Even good solvents have limits on how much they can dissolve before becoming saturated.
Salt can dissolve in water, but only until the water becomes saturated.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Solvent as a noun is widely used in science to describe a substance that dissolves others.
In the experiment, the solvent quickly dissolved the colored powder.
Pro Tip 2/3Type Matters
Different solvents are used depending on the substance you need to dissolve.
Oil-based paint requires a strong solvent for cleanup.
Pro Tip 3/3Solubility Limits
Even good solvents have limits on how much they can dissolve before becoming saturated.
Salt can dissolve in water, but only until the water becomes saturated.
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Under the hood: The...
Some of the solution's properties will differ depending on the proportion of solute present. These are called colligative properties, and as luck would have it, they include freezing point depression and boiling point elevation. So, solutions have both a lower freezing point and a higher boiling point than pure solvent,
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Exploring the Edge of...
element that will make life or we know Bob's shown we don't need sunlight necessarily no need I'll tell you it's not your range we uh we sort of think a liquid solvent like water is required it's not the only one that could be theoretical biologists are thinking about well what about liquid methane and
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12 sustainable design...
We do chemistry in organic solvents. This is a picture of the spinnerets coming out of a spider and the silk being formed from a spider. Isn't that beautiful? Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses
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How the James Webb Space...
but it still has solids, liquids and gases, and it has a liquid hydrocarbon, which might be a possible solvent. We'll see. Next thing we want to look at is, are there planets around other stars that might have life? So we will be looking in this way
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What's in Dry-Erase...
five different things solvent resin pigment release agent and wax and the wax we can ignore for now because it's kind of a wild card the resin and the pigment you can think of as one thing the point of the resin is to help the pigment evenly spread
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Coming of Age in the...
And to protect your hair from wind and rain. It was also the propellant that made fire extinguishers and spray paint cans so much fun. It was good for foam insulation, industrial solvents, and cleansing agents.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
chemistry life use water as a solvent we use toxic solvents imagine pouring water into your printer instead there's a whole bunch of people working on water-based chemistry
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A dance to honor Mother...
smooth strings of purity, rains replenishing rapidly, rivers of dreams, raging springs covering earth in abundance, universal solvent dissolving, drink, liquid, life and
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3 moons and a planet...
So how do we make this journey? What we decided to do is first look for those ingredients for life. The ingredients of life liquid water -- we have to have a solvent,
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Building the Planets PIPE...
textures are sort of hammerite paint with petrol and some horrible solvents create these beautiful patterns so we we just experimental
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Under the hood: The...
Some of the solution's properties will differ depending on the proportion of solute present. These are called colligative properties, and as luck would have it, they include freezing point depression and boiling point elevation. So, solutions have both a lower freezing point and a higher boiling point than pure solvent,
Video examples
Exploring the Edge of...
element that will make life or we know Bob's shown we don't need sunlight necessarily no need I'll tell you it's not your range we uh we sort of think a liquid solvent like water is required it's not the only one that could be theoretical biologists are thinking about well what about liquid methane and
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
We do chemistry in organic solvents. This is a picture of the spinnerets coming out of a spider and the silk being formed from a spider. Isn't that beautiful? Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses
Video examples
How the James Webb Space...
but it still has solids, liquids and gases, and it has a liquid hydrocarbon, which might be a possible solvent. We'll see. Next thing we want to look at is, are there planets around other stars that might have life? So we will be looking in this way
Video examples
What's in Dry-Erase...
five different things solvent resin pigment release agent and wax and the wax we can ignore for now because it's kind of a wild card the resin and the pigment you can think of as one thing the point of the resin is to help the pigment evenly spread
Video examples
Coming of Age in the...
And to protect your hair from wind and rain. It was also the propellant that made fire extinguishers and spray paint cans so much fun. It was good for foam insulation, industrial solvents, and cleansing agents.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
chemistry life use water as a solvent we use toxic solvents imagine pouring water into your printer instead there's a whole bunch of people working on water-based chemistry
Video examples
A dance to honor Mother...
smooth strings of purity, rains replenishing rapidly, rivers of dreams, raging springs covering earth in abundance, universal solvent dissolving, drink, liquid, life and
Video examples
3 moons and a planet...
So how do we make this journey? What we decided to do is first look for those ingredients for life. The ingredients of life liquid water -- we have to have a solvent,
Video examples
Building the Planets PIPE...
textures are sort of hammerite paint with petrol and some horrible solvents create these beautiful patterns so we we just experimental
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Arne Glimcher
American Director
Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great works rather than having to just see them in museums. People who are buying art at the top of the market as an investment are foolish.
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Robert McCloskey
American Author
Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it.
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John George Nicolay
American Writer
It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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John Burroughs
American Author
The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
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John Lanchester
British Journalist
I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know one single person who ticks all those boxes.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
When demagogues and dictators ban art, this is the reason: art is the great solvent of obedient fundamentalism.
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James Cash Penney
American Businessman
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
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Cheryl Crawford
American Actress
My major task was to keep us solvent.
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Tony Judt
British Historian
Reality is a powerful solvent.
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Arne Glimcher
American Director
Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great works rather than having to just see them in museums. People who are buying art at the top of the market as an investment are foolish.
Quote examples
Robert McCloskey
American Author
Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it.
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John George Nicolay
American Writer
It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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John Burroughs
American Author
The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
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John Lanchester
British Journalist
I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know one single person who ticks all those boxes.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
When demagogues and dictators ban art, this is the reason: art is the great solvent of obedient fundamentalism.
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James Cash Penney
American Businessman
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
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Cheryl Crawford
American Actress
My major task was to keep us solvent.
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Tony Judt
British Historian
Reality is a powerful solvent.
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