exsolve

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UK/ɛkˈsɒlv/US/ɛkˈsɑlv/US/ɛkˈsɔlv/

verb

To separate from one another at a critical point in temperature.

“Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.”

OriginLatin exsolvere →
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Meanings

verbexsolve (third-person singular simple present exsolves, present participle exsolving, simple past and past participle exsolved)

present singular third person exsolves · participle present exsolving · participle past exsolved · past exsolved

  1. when referring to two or more minerals in a solid solutionchemistryTo separate from one another at a critical point in temperature.

    Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.

Origin

  1. Latinexsolvere
  2. Englishexsolve

Learned borrowing from Latin exsolvere. Doublet of exolve.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exsolve

solveinvolveresolveevolvedissolverevolveabsolvedevolvevolveconvolvecircumvolvecoevolvedeconvolveintervolveobvolvepreresolvepresolvereabsolvereconvolveredissolvereevolvereinvolvereresolvere-solve
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Cite this entry
APA

exsolve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsolve

MLA

“exsolve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsolve. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exsolve,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsolve.

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