solubilityn.
/sɒljʊˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The quality or property of being soluble.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [noun] > quality or property of being soluble
dissolubility1611
dissolubleness1665
resolubleness1670
solubility1682
1682 N. Grew Exper. Solution Salts vii. i. §10 in Anat. Plants 297 Even the changes of the weather will somewhat alter the Solubility of the Salts.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxxi. 182 Its peculiar fixedness and solubility in Aqua Regia.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 216 The solubility of water in air.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ix. 378 The solubility of salt in water.
1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory i. p. xxiii A compound of little solubility.
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 207 Sometimes the crystals form very slowly, owing to their solubility in the precipitant.
1898 Rev. Brit. Pharmacy 28 Solubilities in alcohol, ammonia solution, and ether are given.
2. Botany. Capability of easy separation into parts.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > pressure, growth, or sensitivity of
solubility1832
tylose1872
tension1875
tylosis1876
tonotaxis1900
suction pressure1922
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 165 Solubility arises from the presence of certain transverse contractions of a one-celled pericarpium, through which it finally separates into several closed portions.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 310 The separation taking place in these cases has been supposed to be effected by a process called solubility.
3. Capability of being solved or explained.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > capability of being solved or answered
solubility1882
1882 in Imperial Dict.
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solubility curve n. Chemistry a curve showing how the solubility of a substance varies with temperature.
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solubility curve1892
1892 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 62 1384 (heading) Solubility curves of pairs of salts.
1933 A. K. Goard Physical Chem. ii. 36 A break in a solubility curve always indicates that the composition of the solid in equilibrium with the saturated solution has changed.
1971 F. A. Bettelheim Exper. Physical Chem. xxvii. 259 Phase diagrams of ternary systems that are plotted on a triple co-ordinate graph have two important features: an invariant point, O, and the solubility curves.
solubility product n. Chemistry the product of the concentrations (spec. the activities) of each of the component ions present in a saturated solution of a sparingly soluble salt.
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solubility product1899
1899 J. Walker Introd. Physical Chem. xxvi. 307 The solubility product of silver chloride in water is very small, corresponding to the very slight solubility of the salt.
1978 P. W. Atkins Physical Chem. xii. 361 The magnitude of KS, the solubility product, can be predicted from a knowledge of standard electrode potentials.
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