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solute
[ sol-yoot, soh-loot ]
solute
/ sŏl′yo̅o̅t /
- A substance that is dissolved in another substance (a solvent), forming a solution.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of solute1
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Example Sentences
Page 22, changed "irres-solute" to "irresolute" and added missing quote before "Malaeska, we must part."
His maxims are like hard and sharp crystals, precipitated from the worldly wisdom blandly solute and dilute in Montaigne.
The liquid in which the substance dissolves is called the solvent, while the dissolved substance is called the solute.
If all riddles were as readily solute as this, it were scantly worth the trouble to make them.
Before solution the solute or dissolved substance may be solid, liquid, or gaseous.
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