resolvent

Meanings

Adjective

• Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

Noun

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

Origin

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