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insoluble

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Etymology edit

From Middle English insolible, from Middle French insoluble, from Latin insolūbilis, from in- +‎ solūbilis.[1] Equivalent to in- +‎ soluble. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and unsolvable.

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insoluble (comparative more insoluble, superlative most insoluble)

  1. (physical chemistry) That cannot be dissolved. For example, petroleum is largely insoluble in water.
  2. That cannot be solved; unsolvable; insolvable.
  3. That cannot be explained; mysterious or inexplicable.
  4. That cannot be broken down or dispersed.

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Noun edit

insoluble (plural insolubles)

  1. Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
    • 2006, Ashok Pandey, Enzyme Technology, page 518:
      As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter.

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  1. ^ “insoluble”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

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Borrowed from Latin īnsolūbilis.

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insoluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolubles)

  1. insoluble
  2. unsolvable

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French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin īnsolūbilis.

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insoluble (plural insolubles)

  1. (chemistry) insoluble
  2. (mathematics) insoluble

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Etymology edit

From Latin īnsolūbilis.

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  • IPA(key): /insoˈluble/ [ĩn.soˈlu.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -uble
  • Syllabification: in‧so‧lu‧ble

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insoluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolubles)

  1. insoluble
  2. unsolvable

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