Solvent vs. Eluent

Solventnoun

A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

Solventnoun

That which resolves.

Solventadjective

Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

Solventadjective

Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

Solventadjective

Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.

Solventadjective

Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.

Solventnoun

A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.

Solventnoun

That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.

Solventnoun

a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;

Solventnoun

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

Solventadjective

capable of meeting financial obligations

Solvent

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, ) is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid.

Eluentnoun

(analytical chemistry) In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.