meaning of solvent
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
3. A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
4. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
5. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal
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