dissolvent

Examples

• All

• While the imagination in Bonifacio seems productive and creative, in Emma it is destructive and dissolvent.

  Academic text (2002)

• The "corrosive dissolvent" that changes the reader's very notion of reality, then, is Flaubert's handling of time.

  Academic text (1993)

• Dewey argues in a 1909 article published in Popular Science Monthly that it was precisely the scientific establishment of the continuity of species that was "Doubtless the greatest dissolvent in contemporary thought of old questions, the greatest precipitant of new methods, new intentions, new problems..."

  Academic text (2017)

• The chemist used a special dissolvent to remove the impurities from the sample.

• In the lab, we tested different dissolvents to see which one worked best for the compound.

• Acetone is a commonly used dissolvent in nail polish remover.

Synonyms

S

solvent

vsdissolvent

• Specialized

33 4.9

A liquid that dissolves other substances to make a solution

is used especially for chemical process naming rather than everyday talk

D

dissolver

vsdissolvent

• Specialized

1 7.1

A liquid that makes another thing break into tiny parts and mix with it, like water or alcohol

focuses on use in processes rather than naming the active role

R

resolvent

vsdissolvent

• Specialized

9.2

A liquid that dissolves things, often used in labs

is the same idea but highlights technical or scientific use

D

dissolving agent

vsdissolvent

• Specialized

4.3

Liquid that makes other materials become part of it, like water

is used more as a general chemical role label than product name

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Etymology