Lexic.us

Definition of Resolvent

1. Noun. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances. "The solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"

Definition of Resolvent

1. a. Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.

2. n. That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.

Definition of Resolvent

1. Adjective. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture ¹

2. Noun. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resolvent

1. solvent [n -S] - See also: solvent

Medical Definition of Resolvent

1. 1. That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent. 2. That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. 3. An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends. Origin: L. Resolvens, p. Pr. Of resolvere: cf. F. Resolvant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resolvent

Literary usage of Resolvent

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"On the Transformation of a Differential resolvent. By the Rev. ROBERT HARLEY, MA, FRS If there be two algebraic equations such that they can be changed, ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The group of the resolvent equation (9) is of importance sometimes. ... Then ^i is root of a rational resolvent tf.(j') = o of degree rt. ..."

3. Theory and Applications of Finite Groups by George Abram Miller, Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Leonard Eugene Dickson (1916)
"resolvent Equations and their Groups. The auxiliary quadratic and binomial cubic equations employed in the solution * of the general cubic equation are ..."

4. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Howard R. Oliver (1865)
"I obtained the solution of the quartic resolvent by series which I summed ... I have since discovered that the general resolvent can be solved by means of ..."

5. Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Equations by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1903)
"Suppose that we are able to solve the resolvent equation (15), one of whose roots is the rational function <{i belonging to the subgroup H of the group G of ..."

6. Quantum Statistical Mechanics and Lie Group Harmonic Analysis by Norman Hurt, Robert Hermann (1980)
"We will now provide a possible candidate by relating ‘it to the formula for the resolvent of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in the two-sphere found in ..."

7. First Course in the Theory of Equations by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"Roots of the resolvent Cubic Equation. Let j/x be the root y which was employed in § 48. Let x\ and X2 be the roots of the first quadratic equation (18), ..."

8. First Course in the Theory of Equations by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"Roots of the resolvent Cubic Equation. Let yi be the root y which was ... Then If, instead of yi, another root 7/2 or 7/3 of the resolvent cubic (17) had ..."

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