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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resolvent  \Re*solv"ent\  (-ent),  a. 
  Having  power  to  resolve;  causing  solution;  solvent. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Resolvent  \Re*solv"ent\,  n.  [L.  resolvens,  p.  pr  of  resolvere: 
  cf  F.  r['e]solvant.  See  {Resolve}.] 
  1.  That  which  has  the  power  of  resolving,  or  causing 
  solution;  a  solvent. 
 
  2.  (Med.)  That  which  has  power  to  disperse  inflammatory  or 
  other  tumors;  a  discutient;  anything  which  aids  the 
  absorption  of  effused  products.  --Coxe. 
 
  3.  (Math.)  An  equation  upon  whose  solution  the  solution  of  a 
  given  pproblem  depends. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resolvent 
  n  :  a  liquid  substance  capable  of  dissolving  other  substances 
  [syn:  {solvent},  {dissolvent},  {dissolver},  {dissolving 
  agent},  {thinner},  {dilutant}] 




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