resolvableadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈzɒlvəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/,

/riˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/,

/rəˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/,

/riˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s resoluable, 1600s resolueable, 1600s–1700s resolveable, 1600s– resolvable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: resolve v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < resolve v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin resolvabilis susceptible of analysis (13th cent. in a British source). Compare earlier resoluble adj.¹ and slightly later resolvible adj.

1. Capable of being resolved (in various senses). Frequently with into.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved

resolvable1528

salvable1661

resolvible1816

soluble1826

resoluble1871

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved > into components

resolvable1528

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents > able to be

resoluble?a1425

dissoluble1534

dissolvable?1541

resolvible1652

discerpible1655

discerptible1667

resolvable1771

analysable1784

decomposable1784

decompoundable1797

decomponible1859

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. K.iiij^v The fumes and vapours of ale that ascende to the heed are grosse wherfore they be nat so resoluable as they that be mounted vp by wyne.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 358 The Apprehension of things comming vnto vs by our senses, are [sic] resoluable into other more simple apprehensions.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 316 The causes [are] surely best resolvable from observations made in the Countries themselves.

1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love i. v. 60 All Love is not, as some pretend, resolvable into Self-love.

1755 E. Young Centaur ii. 115 Want of faith. All is resolveable into that alone.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 435 The force of every particle, which impinges obliquely, is resolvable into two.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. p. xxi All words are resolvable into a few primitives.

1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) iii. xvi. §i An empirical law..is an observed uniformity, presumed to be resolvable into simpler laws, but not yet resolved into them.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 55 Bold surmise..asks whether atoms may not themselves be resolvable into force.

1922 H. W. Carr Theory of Monads vi. 124 As flowing water is decomposable into drops so is consciousness resolvable into moments.

1963 Science 13 Dec. 1439/3 Behaviorally, phototaxis is resolvable into five components.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Sept. 53/1 The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)..has argued that the obstacles to progress are clear and resolvable.

2. Astronomy. Without construction. Designating a nebula within which separate stars can be distinguished by means of a telescope (i.e. which is identifiable as a star cluster or distant galaxy rather than a cloud of diffuse matter). Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [adjective] > nebula > type of

resolvable1785

1785 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 251 Clusters of stars also may become resolvable nebulæ.

1853 W. Whewell Plural. Worlds 90 When we have thus to reckon as many galaxies as there are resolvable nebulae.

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours xii. 291 The stellar nebulæ—resolvable and irresolvable.

1920 P. P. Blackburn C. J. White's Elements Theoret. & Descriptive Astron. (ed. 8) App. 265 The Milky Way..may be considered to be a continuous resolvable nebula.

2000 W. C. Saslaw Distribution of Galaxies iii. 25 Objects are again divided into star clusters, resolvable nebulae, and unresolved nebulae.

Derivatives

reˈsolvableness n. rare = resolvability n.

ΚΠ

1665 T. White Exclusion of Scepticks vi. 47 'Tis that substance, from its very Quantity, whence it has its resolvableness into parts, has also its easier or harder resolvableness, which they call its parts more or less sticking to one another.

1819 G. Field in Pamphleteer (1820) 15 128 There are also others of an intermediate and compound nature, all of which agree in their resolvableness into Caloric or an Active part.

1980 Mod. Philol. 78 128 The invariable constant in this strategy was the resolvableness of the conflict in consciousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	resolvable
释义	resolvableadj. Brit. /rᵻˈzɒlvəbl/, U.S. /rəˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/, /riˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/, /rəˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/, /riˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s resoluable, 1600s resolueable, 1600s–1700s resolveable, 1600s– resolvable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: resolve v., -able suffix. Etymology: < resolve v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin resolvabilis susceptible of analysis (13th cent. in a British source). Compare earlier resoluble adj.¹ and slightly later resolvible adj. 1. Capable of being resolved (in various senses). Frequently with into. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved resolvable1528 salvable1661 resolvible1816 soluble1826 resoluble1871 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved > into components resolvable1528 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents > able to be resoluble?a1425 dissoluble1534 dissolvable?1541 resolvible1652 discerpible1655 discerptible1667 resolvable1771 analysable1784 decomposable1784 decompoundable1797 decomponible1859 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. K.iiij^v The fumes and vapours of ale that ascende to the heed are grosse wherfore they be nat so resoluable as they that be mounted vp by wyne. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 358 The Apprehension of things comming vnto vs by our senses, are [sic] resoluable into other more simple apprehensions. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 316 The causes [are] surely best resolvable from observations made in the Countries themselves. View more context for this quotation 1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love i. v. 60 All Love is not, as some pretend, resolvable into Self-love. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii. 115 Want of faith. All is resolveable into that alone. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 435 The force of every particle, which impinges obliquely, is resolvable into two. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. p. xxi All words are resolvable into a few primitives. 1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) iii. xvi. §i An empirical law..is an observed uniformity, presumed to be resolvable into simpler laws, but not yet resolved into them. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 55 Bold surmise..asks whether atoms may not themselves be resolvable into force. 1922 H. W. Carr Theory of Monads vi. 124 As flowing water is decomposable into drops so is consciousness resolvable into moments. 1963 Science 13 Dec. 1439/3 Behaviorally, phototaxis is resolvable into five components. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Sept. 53/1 The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)..has argued that the obstacles to progress are clear and resolvable. 2. Astronomy. Without construction. Designating a nebula within which separate stars can be distinguished by means of a telescope (i.e. which is identifiable as a star cluster or distant galaxy rather than a cloud of diffuse matter). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [adjective] > nebula > type of resolvable1785 1785 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 251 Clusters of stars also may become resolvable nebulæ. 1853 W. Whewell Plural. Worlds 90 When we have thus to reckon as many galaxies as there are resolvable nebulae. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours xii. 291 The stellar nebulæ—resolvable and irresolvable. 1920 P. P. Blackburn C. J. White's Elements Theoret. & Descriptive Astron. (ed. 8) App. 265 The Milky Way..may be considered to be a continuous resolvable nebula. 2000 W. C. Saslaw Distribution of Galaxies iii. 25 Objects are again divided into star clusters, resolvable nebulae, and unresolved nebulae. Derivatives reˈsolvableness n. rare = resolvability n. ΚΠ 1665 T. White Exclusion of Scepticks vi. 47 'Tis that substance, from its very Quantity, whence it has its resolvableness into parts, has also its easier or harder resolvableness, which they call its parts more or less sticking to one another. 1819 G. Field in Pamphleteer (1820) 15 128 There are also others of an intermediate and compound nature, all of which agree in their resolvableness into Caloric or an Active part. 1980 Mod. Philol. 78 128 The invariable constant in this strategy was the resolvableness of the conflict in consciousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1528
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