Solubles

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The term refers to compounds that can mix with a solvent, effectively becoming part of a solution
2. A category of substances that can dissolve in a solvent to form a homogeneous mixture, indicating their chemical compatibility with liquid media
3. Compounds characterized by their ability to be dissolved in a liquid, leading to the formation of a uniform solution

Etymology: "Solubles" is the plural of "soluble", a noun for substances that dissolve, and in its everyday sense it names the dissolved material itself, such as the sugars and minerals that pass into a liquid. It comes from "solubilis", a Late Latin adjective built from the verb "solvere", "to loosen or dissolve", with the suffix "-bilis", "able to be". The English adjective "soluble" came first, and the noun use developed from it. The Latin root "solvere" is the same one behind "solve", "solution" and "resolve". To solve a problem was originally to loosen its knots, so the same idea of breaking something apart into its parts runs through a chemist's solvent and a mathematician's answer.

Synonyms: dissolves, solutions