Category:Soluble

Sol"u*ble, a. Etym: [l. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, To dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See solve, and cf. Solvable.]

1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; As, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in Water. Sugar is. . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.

2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; Susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the Mystery is perhaps soluble. "more soluble is this knot." Tennyson.

3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [r.] "the bowels must be kept Soluble." Dunglison. Soluble glass. (chem.) See under glass.