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单词 dissolvent
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Definition of dissolvent in English:

dissolvent

noun dɪˈzɒlv(ə)ntdəˈzɑlvənt
  • A substance that dissolves something else.

    the experience of death could strengthen family ties, rather than act as a dissolvent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His brother works with some toxic dissolvent as a part of his work. What he does we still don't know.
    • Our business, academic, and media elites, says Kurth, are united in their devotion to global consciousness, transnationalism, multiculturalism, and other dissolvents of American identity.
    • Nitroglycerine and TNT could be thought of as good dissolvents, but those chemicals have some undesirable collateral properties.
    • Soluble polymers that become fluid in a special dissolvent can be used in a printing process as electronic ink.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin dissolvent- 'dissolving', from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve).

 
 

Definition of dissolvent in US English:

dissolvent

noundəˈzɑlvəntdəˈzälvənt
  • A substance that dissolves something else.

    the experience of death could strengthen family ties, rather than act as a dissolvent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nitroglycerine and TNT could be thought of as good dissolvents, but those chemicals have some undesirable collateral properties.
    • His brother works with some toxic dissolvent as a part of his work. What he does we still don't know.
    • Our business, academic, and media elites, says Kurth, are united in their devotion to global consciousness, transnationalism, multiculturalism, and other dissolvents of American identity.
    • Soluble polymers that become fluid in a special dissolvent can be used in a printing process as electronic ink.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin dissolvent- ‘dissolving’, from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve).

 
 
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