Definition of Dissolving

1. Noun. The process of going into solution. "The dissolving of salt in water"

Exact synonyms: Dissolution
Generic synonyms: Liquefaction
Derivative terms: Dissolve, Dissolve, Dissolve, Dissolve

Definition of Dissolving

1. a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing.

Definition of Dissolving

1. Verb. (present participle of dissolve) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissolving

1. dissolve [v] - See also: dissolve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissolving

dissolution of marriage
dissolutionism
dissolutions
dissolvability
dissolvable
dissolvableness
dissolve
dissolved
dissolved oxygen
dissolvents
dissolver
dissolvers
dissolves
dissolveth
dissolving (current term)
dissolving agent
dissonance
dissonances
dissonancies
dissonancy
dissonant
dissonantly
dissonate
dissonated
dissonates
dissonating
dissorophid
dissorophids

Literary usage of Dissolving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"From an order dissolving an Interlocutory order of injunction, plaintiff appeals. Reversed, and supersedeas, granted by a justice of the Supreme Court, ..."

2. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1872)
"dissolving injunction. An injunction may be dissolved either before or after answering, and at any time before trial. The application may be made upon the ..."

3. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"CONTINGENT MODES OF dissolving A TENANCY. (a.) Premises taken for Public Use. ... In addition to the several methods of dissolving a tenancy which have been ..."

4. Geology Applied to Mining: A Concise Summary of the Chief Geological by Josiah Edward Spurr (1907)
"THE WORK OF UNDERGROUND WATERS IN dissolving ROCKS. How can underground waters dissolve rock-minerals on an extensive scale? Deep-seated waters are usually ..."

5. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry by Jean Effront (1917)
"To show the dissolving power of pepsin, we may use an albumin milk coagulated and containing 4 per cent of albumin.* Into each of 6 flasks put 20 cc of this ..."

6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"It is also necessary that the depositing liquid should contain elements possessing acid and basic properties, that the acid may combine with the dissolving ..."

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