re-solutionn.2
/ˌriːsəˈl(j)uːʃn/, U.S. /ˌrisəˈluʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Science.
Renewed or repeated solution; the process of passing back into solution; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [noun] > renewed or repeated
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1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia xiv. 319 He then observes, that from fresh vitriol, upon the first re-solution and crystallisation, a grey muddy earth has settled to the bottom of the glass.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. v. 61 There are questions which, having been again and again settled, still from time to time present themselves for re-solution.
1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 132 The former is dissolved out and crystallized, and purified by re-solution and crystallization.
1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) iii. 84 The term ‘coagulation’ is used..to distinguish the condition of the protein from that of ‘precipitation,’ in which re-solution can be brought about by a change of reaction, salt content, etc.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1051/2 In southern England, many large speleotherms are today being destroyed by drips from the original formative source (‘re-solution’).
1992 Biochem. Jrnl. 285 435 The effects persisted through re-solution and re-incubation of the mitochondria in the absence of the polyamine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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