Resolvent

Origin

Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.

Full definition of resolvent

Adjective

1. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

Noun

1. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
2. (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
3. (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.----