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insolubility|ɪnsɒljuːˈbɪlɪtɪ| [ad. L. type *insolūbilitās (prob. in mod.L.), f. insolūbilis insoluble: see -ity. Cf. F. insolubilité (1765 in Dict. Acad.).] The quality of being insoluble. †1. Incapability of being dissolved; indissolubility. Obs. rare—1.
1620Brent tr. Sarpi's Counc. Trent vii. an.1563 (1676) 627 After he had spoken..of the insolubility of Marriage. 2. Incapability of being solved or unravelled; also, an insoluble problem.
1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) I. 330 The insolubility of this problem. 1851Carlyle Sterling i. xi. (1872) 65 His health was already very threatening..rendering the future..an insolubility for him. 3. Incapability of being dissolved in a liquid.
1791W. Nicholson tr. Chaptal's Elem. Chem. (1800) III. 87 Its insolubility in the menstruums which usually dissolve resins. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 300 The solubility or insolubility of minerals in the fluxes. 1871Roscoe Elem. Chem. 212 The greater insolubility of the double chloride. |