INSOLUBILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insolubility mean? 

• INSOLUBILITY (noun)
  The noun INSOLUBILITY has 2 senses:

1. the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve

2. the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid

  Familiarity information: INSOLUBILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSOLUBILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

insolubility; unsolvability

Hypernyms ("insolubility" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Antonym:

solubility (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve)

Derivation:

insoluble (without hope of solution)

insoluble (admitting of no solution or explanation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insolubility" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Antonym:

solubility (the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid)

Derivation:

insoluble ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved)

 Context examples 

They have such properties as insolubility, are of use in industrial chemical reactions as catalysts, and find use in the making of polymers and in the pharmaceutical industry.

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