insolubilityn.
/ɪnsɒljuːˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being insoluble.† 1. Incapability of being dissolved; indissolubility. Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > specific quality
insolubility1620
indissolubleness1656
indissolvability1667
companionability1787
daily breadliness1863
togetherness1930
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vii. 671 After he had spoken..of the insolubility of mariage.
2. Incapability of being solved or unravelled; also, an insoluble problem.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] > quality of being solvable > lack of
insolubleness1672
insolvableness1727
insolvabilitya1834
insolubility1837
unsolvability1947
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] > quality of being solvable > lack of > instance of
insolublea1387
indissolvable1661
insolubility1837
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 428 The insolubility of this problem.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. xi. 96 His health was already very threatening..rendering the future..an insolubility for him.
3. Incapability of being dissolved in a liquid.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [noun] > insolubility
unsolubility1789
insolubility1791
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > indissolubleness > specifically in a liquid
insolubility1791
1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. III. iv. iii. 87 Its insolubility in the menstruums which usually dissolve resins.
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 288 The solubility or insolubility of minerals in the fluxes.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xix. 173 The greater insolubility of the double chloride.
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