SOLUBLE

soluble. Soluble, a. capable of being dissolved in a fluid

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Sol″u‐ble (?), a. [[L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable.]] 1. 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot. 2. 2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. “More soluble is this knot.” Tennyson.
3. 3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. “The bowels must be kept soluble.” Dunglison.
Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass.