noun
Meanings
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the capacity of a substance or structure to be dissolved or disintegrated
The chemist tested the metal's dissolubility in aqua regia.
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Synonyms
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noun
· the capacity of a substance...
solubilitydissolvability
Opposites
insolubility
Word family
Etymology
Formed from dissoluble + -ity, with the same Latin base as dissolve: dis-, 'apart,' + solvere, 'to loosen.' The noun names the property of being capable of dissolution.