Soluble
//ˈsɒljʊbəl// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to be dissolved.
"Sugar is soluble in water."
- 2 Able to be solved or explained.
"That mystery should be easily soluble."
Adjective
- 1 (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) wordnet
- 2 susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained wordnet
Example
More examples"The powder is soluble in water."
Etymology
From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.
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