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Definition of Solvate

1. Noun. A compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute).

2. Verb. Cause a solvation in (a substance).

3. Verb. Undergo solvation or convert into a solvate.

Definition of Solvate

1. Noun. (chemistry) A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute ¹

2. Verb. (chemistry) To form such a complex upon solution ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solvate

1. to convert into a type of ion [v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES]

Medical Definition of Solvate

1. The compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solvate

solute solutes solutio solution solution of contiguity solution of continuity solution pressure solutionism solutionless solutions

solutive solvabilities solvability solvable solvableness solvate (current term) solvated solvates solvating solvating agent

solvation solvations solvatochromic solvatochromism solve solved solvencies solvency solvend solvends

Literary usage of Solvate

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

1. The Absorption Spectra of Solutions as Studied by Means of the by Harry Clary Jones (1915)
"The evidence pointing to the general correctness of the solvate theory of solution is ... Further, our solvate theory of solution is very different from the ..."

2. The Nature of Solution by Harry Clary Jones, Ebenezer Emmet Reed (1917)
"It was pointed out that the results obtained could be best explained by the solvate theory of solution. Indeed, this evidence is of the very strongest for ..."

3. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"... CHAPTER IX THE solvate THEORY OF SOLUTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLUTIONS FOR SCIENCE IN GENERAL Generalization of Van't Hoff and Arrhenius. ..."

4. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"... The solvate Theory. — Before taking up this evidence, we will add a word in reference to the power of substances to combine with solvents other than ..."

5. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"... The solvate Theory. — Before taking up this evidence, we will add a word in reference to the power of substances to combine with solvents other than ..."

6. Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"As regards the nature of concentrated solutions, we appear to be returning more and more towards the solvate hypothesis ; but the whole subject is still in ..."

7. The Absorption Spectra of Solutions of Comparatively Rare Salts Including by Harry Clary Jones, William Walker Strong (1911)
"(8) Very little work has been done on the change in the persistency of solvate bands when foreign salts are added to the solution. The addition of aluminium ..."

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