SOLVATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solvation mean? 

• SOLVATION (noun)
  The noun SOLVATION has 1 sense:

1. a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound

  Familiarity information: SOLVATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLVATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

association ((chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding)

Derivation:

solvate (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)

solvate (cause a solvation in (a substance))