- Soluble glass
- Soluble Sol"u*ble, a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to
loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See {Solve}, and cf.
{Solvable}.]
1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of
solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which
are not soluble in water.
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Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. ``More soluble is this knot.'' --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] ``The bowels must be kept soluble.'' --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
{Soluble glass}. (Chem.) See under {Glass}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
