Solubility

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solubility \Sol`u*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. solubilit['e].]
     1. The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or
        solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of
        a problem or intricate difficulty.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Bot.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by
        spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solubility
       n 1: the quality of being soluble [ant: {insolubility}]
       2: the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in
          a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)