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soluble

adj
/ˈsɒljʊbəl/UK/ˈsɑljəbəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.

  1. derived from solvō
  2. derived from solūbilis
  3. derived from soluble
  4. inherited from soluble

Definitions

  1. Able to be dissolved.

    • Sugar is soluble in water.
    • The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.

  2. Able to be solved or explained.

    • That mystery should be easily soluble.

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Derived

acetosoluble, fat-soluble, gastrosoluble, hydrosoluble, intersoluble, liposoluble, nonsoluble, solubility, solubilize, soluble glass, soluble insulin, solubleness, solubles, solubly, unsoluble, water-soluble

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at soluble. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at soluble. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at soluble

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA