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. Susceptible of
being solved; as, a
soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of
being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the
secret is probably soluble. "More
soluble is
this knot."
3. Relaxed;
open or readily opened. "The bowels should be
kept soluble." Soluble glass.
See Glass.
Origin: L. Solubilis, fr. Solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. Soluble. See Decide, and cf. Solvable.
Source: Websters Vocabulary